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A treasure trove of history Jackson Ward couple discovers legal papers of civil rights icon Roland D. ‘Duke’ Ealey

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Five years into the renovation of a 143-yearold brick house on East Clay Street in Jackson Ward, James Vigeant’s work halted.

To his surprise and amazement, he found an unexpected treasure — 144 moldy boxes filled with the decaying legal papers of one of Richmond’s legal giants, Roland D. “Duke” Ealey.

Some of the finds that Mr. Vigeant would go on to uncover with the help of neighbor and historical photographer Theodore Holmes included: • Poll tax litigations and

campaign information • Richmond Crusade For Voters literature and training materials • Prince Hall Fraternal Order of Black Freemasonry documents

Related stories on A6, A7 • Massive Resistance and the Byrd Machine • Interstate Highway System family displacement records • Brown v. Board of Education paperwork “It was breathtaking,” Mr. Vigeant said.

When Mr. Vigeant first discovered the Ealey

files in January 2019, he knew nothing about Mr. Ealey and thought the boxes were filled with old accounting files. He planned to send them to the city dump. But on closer examination, he realized his error.

“Many of the files that I opened dated back to the 1940s and they were all connected to Mr. Ealey,” he recalled. “I wanted to know who Mr. Ealey was, so I Googled him.”

Soon after, another Richmond great would open his eyes.

One of the boxes included a 1992 article from The Washington Post noting that thenPlease turn to A6

About Roland J. “Duke” Ealey Roland J. “Duke” Ealey was born June 20, 1914, in Kershaw, S.C., although his family would soon move to Richmond in 1915, where he graduated from Armstrong High School. He later graduated from Virginia Union University with a bachelor’s degree in 1936, and earned a law degree from Howard University in 1939.

Mr. Ealey also served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1946, according to the Virginia House of Delegates Clerk’s Office.

As an attorney and civil rights lawyer, Mr. Ealey filled numerous roles throughout his life, from legal staffer for the national NAACP to teaching at the Lincoln University School of Law in St. Louis.

Mr. Ealey was part of a coalition of AfricanAmerican lawyers in Virginia who worked to advance racial equality through their work, often offering their services free of charge.

Alongside Oliver W. Hill Sr. and other notable lawyers of that time, Mr. Ealey participated in several important cases that expanded or defended the rights and humanity of African-Americans, and helped lessen racial disparities in society.

Mr. Ealey also worked to improve his community, serving as a founder and president of the Old Dominion Bar Association and its Richmond Please turn to A6

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Casino vote aftermath Mayor Stoney

Rep. Spanberger

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Mayor Levar M. Stoney is brushing himself off after Richmond voters for the second time rejected the $562 million casino-resort plan he fully backed and gearing up to run for governor in 2025.

Separately, Paul Goldman, who led both successful no casino campaigns, is now focusing on securing public support for a change to the City Charter or constitution that would require the mayor and the City Council to put the city’s children first when it comes to spending tax dollars.

Meanwhile others are gearing up for

Stoney, Spanberger declare bids for governor; Paul Goldman proposes charter change

the 2024 elections for the city’s chief executive officer and the council that could impact the crushing defeat casino backers suffered has had on city politics.

The defeat by a nearly 2-to-1 margin among voters was a shattering blow to partners who planned to develop the combination casino, hotel and entertainment center — gambling and racing giant Churchill Downs of Kentucky and Black media company Urban One of Maryland.

Urban One has been particularly affected, with its stock price down one-third, as it faces potential delisting of its stock from the NASDAQ exchange and a possible

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Mr. Goldman

call of its loans by banks for failure to file quarterly financial reports for 2023.

Together, finance reports submitted to the state show they reported investing more than $9 million into the Richmond Wins Vote Yes campaign, the largest amount ever spent on a local Richmond election and 33 times more than the $285,000 the No Means No Casino Committee reported spending garnering the win.

Final certified results show that 41,629 city voters or 62% turned thumbs down on the Richmond Grand Resort & Casino, Please turn to A4

Newly empowered Virginia Democrats nominate the state’s first Black House speaker, Don Scott The Associated Press

Delegate Scott

Virginia’s state House will soon have its first Black speaker in its more than 400-year history after the chamber’s incoming Democratic majority on Saturday chose Del. Don Scott to serve in the post.

Del. Scott was unanimously elected speaker-designee by the House Democratic Caucus, the group said in a news release. The full House of Delegates will vote to officially confirm him on the first day of the 2024 legislative session.

“Virginia voters sent a resounding message on Tuesday that they wanted

Council approves new shelters for homeless

a Commonwealth that moved forward and that is exactly what I intend to do as your next speaker,” Del. Scott said in a statement.

Democrats not only flipped control of the House of Delegates in Tuesday’s legislative elections but also held their majority in the state Senate, dashing Gov. Glenn Youngkin and fellow Republicans’ hopes of securing a GOP trifecta.

The outcome means at least two more years of divided government.

While Democrats will need to work with Gov. Youngkin to secure his support for Please turn to A4

Proposals for two new city-supported homeless shelters – including one at 1900 Chamberlayne Ave. that drew fire from area businesses — cleared City Council Monday.

Both new shelters are to open Dec. 1 and operate until April 15, according to the ordinances, though additional papers are to be introduced that would make each a year-round operation Before the vote, no opposition surfaced over the plan to turn a former hostel at 7 N. 2nd St. into a 50-bed shelter for adults Please turn to A4

City Council president seeks to ensure successor

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Outgoing City Council President Michael J. Jones plans to keep his 9th District seat until Dec. 31, according to a letter of resignation he submitted to his colleagues and the City Clerk.

That appears to represent a change in the timing for the council departure of the fullDr. Jones time minister, who is headed to the General Assembly after winning his uncontested election to represent the 77th House District.

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Harold C. Glenn, also known as ‘Soul Santa,’ dies at age 90

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

During a time that it was rare for a Black person to play the familiar holiday role of Santa Claus anywhere in the country, that fact did not deter Harold Cecil Glenn.

Mr. Glenn was a pioneering Santa Claus in the Richmond community. Dubbed “Soul Santa,” he was a December fixture at Eastgate Mall, now Eastgate Town Mr. Glenn

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Community Foundation announces local R.E.B. Foundation winners Free Press staff report

Several Richmond area teachers have been recognized for their contributions to public education — and given the means and opportunity to take their work even further.

Last week, the Community Foundation and R.E.B. Foundation announced the winners of the 2023 R.E.B. Awards for Teaching Excellence. Recipients each received up to $15,000 for travel experiences to further their knowledge and skills.

Richmond Public Schools RPS teachers Naiima Smith of Franklin Military Academy, Gwendolyn Nixon and Joanna Minott of Huguenot High School won the R.E.B. award for the Richmond city educational district after being nominated by members of the community.

Ms. Smith plans to explore the history and culture of Accra, Ghana and parts of the Civil Rights Trail using the award money, while Ms. Nixon will investigate inequality in environmental benefits and hazards for African and Indigenous communities.

Ms. Minott will learn about the influence of geology, astronomy and proximity to water on the Mayan Civilization, the Ashanti Kingdom, and the Ayutthaya Empire to improve her earth science curriculum.

Chesterfield County Public Schools Mary Elise Chonko of the Chesterfield Career and Technical Center’s Hull Campus, Carver Middle School’s Lily Hungarland, Peter Schumacher at James River High and Matoaca High’s Ramón Zabala won the R.E.B. awards for the school district.

Planned travel experiences for Chesterfield award winners will be focused on exploring Hispanic heritage in the Caribbean and South American countries, studying the future of pastry in Asia, visiting locations and people to bolster education on the Civil Rights Movement, and exploring life in post-World War II Japan and Germany.

Henrico County Public Schools Four Henrico County Public Schools instructors won the REB Award for Teaching Excellence • James Dorton, J.R. Tucker High School (history teacher): $10,500 to travel to England and Austria and research the life, career and death of a great uncle, a B-17 pilot killed during World War II. • Andrew Givens, Advanced Career Education Center at Hermitage (entrepreneurship teacher): $12,500 to examine how the Young Enterprise Scheme program in New Zealand supports students from diverse ethnic, economic and regional backgrounds as they learn entrepreneurial skills and plan community businesses.

• Amanda Kinsler, Tuckahoe Middle School (innovative learning coach): $12,400 to visit Scandinavian schools and learn how they create a culture of student success and teacher happiness by emphasizing student ownership, project-based learning and innovation.

• Chad Lowe, the Academy at Virginia Randolph (history teacher): $15,000 to travel to major U.S. and European cities to research governmental differences and observe various instructional approaches in successful inner-city schools.

For more information about the awards, please visit www. cfrichmond.org/reb.

New RRHA board chair Former Richmond City Councilman William R. Johnson Jr. is the new chair of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s board.

Mr. Johnson was elected Tuesday to lead the board after previously serving as vice chair. Charlene Pitchford, a public housing resident, was elected vice chair.

Mr. Johnson, a retired zoning administrator Mr. Johnson for Hanover County, served two terms on city Council before Chris Hilbert defeated him in the 2004 election.

He pledged to work with the board, RRHA’s staff and “partners across the region to expand affordable housing and provided the services our RRHA families expect and deserve.”

COVID-19 updates The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations: • Thursday, Nov. 16, 1 to 5 p.m. - Henrico Arms Apartments, 1566 Edgelawn Circle.

• Friday, Nov. 17, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Southside Women, Infants and Children Office, 509 E. Southside Plaza.

Call the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for more information on testing sites, or go online at vax.rchd. com.

The Virginia Department of Health also has a list of COVID19 testing locations around the state at www.vdh.virginia.gov/ coronavirus/covid-19-testing/covid-19-testing-sites.

Want a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot?

Those interested can schedule an appointment with RHHD by calling (804) 205-3501. Vaccines.gov also allows people to find nearby pharmacies and clinics that offer the COVID19 vaccine and booster, and those interested can also text your ZIP code to 438829 or call 1-800-232-0233.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently recommends that children between the ages of 6 months to 4 years old may need multiple doses of the updated vaccines depending on their COVID-19 vaccine status and whether they had previously received Pfizer and Moderna.

Waiting periods for additional vaccines can range from three to eight weeks or four to eight weeks depending on the vaccine dose previously received.

Children between the ages of 5 to 11 years old who are unvaccinated or have received a vaccine before Sept. 12, 2023, should get one updated Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

Those age 12 and older who are unvaccinated should get either one updated Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or two doses of the updated Novavax vaccine. People in that age range who received a vaccine before Sept. 12, 2023 should get one updated Pfizer, Moderna or Novavax vaccine.

People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may get additional doses of updated COVID-19 vaccine, and are encouraged to talk with their healthcare providers about how and when to receive them.

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Adam George, right, of Washington, D.C., took followed by Ms. Grosenheider, of Richmond, first place in the 2023 Allianz Partners Richmond in 2:47:51, and McGavin, of Durham, N.C., in Marathon, finishing ahead of Roland Hakes of 2:51:20.

Irmo, S.C,. and Robert Mazzanti of Richmond. Mr. Slices of life and scenes The 2024 Allianz Partners Richmond Marain Richmond George finished in a time of 2:24:18, while Mr. thon is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 16. A special Hakes came in at 2:28:37, followed by Mr. Mazzanti in 2:29:44. $85 marathon entry fee, $75 half marathon entry fee, and $30 8k Bethany Sachtleben, above, was the first female to cross the entry fee is available starting Sunday, Nov. 12, at 12 p.m. and finish line, followed by Ave Grosenheider and Rebecca McGavin. continuing through Thursday, Nov. 16. For more information and Sachtleben, of Broomfield, Co., finished in a time of 2:40:26, full results, please visit www.richmondmarathon.org.

Dominion Energy offers energy saving tips and bill payment assistance options as winter approaches Free Press staff report

The fall and winter months typically bring higher energy bills as customers use more electricity to heat their homes.

Dominion Energy Virginia is reminding customers of energy-saving tips to help save money. The utility also offers bill payment assistance options for customers in need.

“We offer several programs that help our customers save money and improve the energy efficiency of their homes,” said Ed Baine, President of Dominion Energy Virginia. “For information about our energy-saving tips and programs, please visit our website or contact us so we can assist.”

Start with these four changes to prepare for cooler temperatures ahead: • Set the thermostat at 68 degrees or lower during colder months.

• Install a smart thermostat that automatically lowers the temperature overnight or while no one is at home.

• Caulk, seal and weather-strip around all seams, cracks, and openings – especially exterior doors and windows – to protect your home from drafts. Check air filters monthly and change them when dirty. Also, check ductwork for leaks and tears.

• Schedule a virtual home energy audit to find more home energy savings.

• More energy conservation tips and programs can be found here: www.dominionenergy.com/virginia/save-energy.

In addition, several programs are available to help customers cover their winter

heating costs: EnergyShare Bill Payment Assistance Dominion Energy Virginia’s EnergyShare program offers up to $600 in bill payment assistance from Oct. 1 through May 31. The program is not income-based.

Anyone needing help to pay heating bills may qualify for assistance. Individuals 60 and older, military veterans and people with disabilities may be eligible for additional assistance. For more info go to Virginia 211.

EnergyShare Weatherization Programs Customers who receive EnergyShare bill payment assistance may also be eligible to receive a free home energy assessment and free energy efficiency upgrades to help save on their energy costs.

Extended Payment Plans Dominion offers extended payment

plans to help customers who’ve fallen behind on their electric bills. Eligible customers can make a 50% down payment on their past due bill and spread the remaining balance over six months.

Customers may sign in to their account online to see if they qualify.

Budget Billing Dominion’s budget billing program helps customers avoid seasonal fluctuations with their energy bills. Monthly budget bill amounts are based on the average of the customer’s previous 12 months of usage.

Customers may sign-in to their account online to see if they qualify.

A full list of all Dominion Energy customer assistance options is available here: www.dominionenergy.com/virginia/ billing/energy-assistance or by calling: 866-366-4357.

Electric rates to remain the same Free Press staff report

Good news for customers of Dominion Energy.

Dominion has agreed to keep its base rates in Virginia unchanged for two more years and to rebate $15 million in credits to customers in their bills, it was announced Tuesday.

The company released the information after reaching agreement with the staff of the State Corporation Commission, the Attorney General’s Office and other key parties on rate levels for

Salute to Veterans Several Veterans Day ceremonies took place last week, including a Friday Nov. 10, program at the Virginia War Memorial. “Honoring All Who Served,” in the E. Bruce Heilman Amphitheater. included Dr. Clay Mountcastle, director of the Virginia War Memorial; Maj. Gen. James W. Ring, Adjutant General of Virginia; Gen. Daniel M. Gade, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Veteran Services; Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sear; David Contreras, home-schooled eighth-grader and essay contest winner, and Mia Ramos, 11th-grade essay contest winner.

Airman Basic Ke’Mya Whitlock, right, chats with U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran Jerry Welch before the Veterans Day Ceremony. Members of the U.S. Marine Corps stationed at Ft. Gregg-Adams, home of the Combined Arms Support Command, participate in the Veterans Day Ceremony.

2024 and 2025, according to a news release.

Examples of other parties who signed on, according to Dominion, are the U.S. Department of the Navy and major corporate energy users such as Microsoft, Google and Walmart and advocacy groups such as the Virginia Committee for Fair Utility Rates and the Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington.

The agreement will become official next year after SCC judges approve it, Dominion stated.

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Stoney, Spanberger declare bids for governor; Paul Goldman proposes charter change Continued from A1

while 25,615 voted yes. The 16,014 vote margin was nearly 11 times the margin of loss in 2021 when the no vote won by 1,493 votes.

This time, six of the council districts rejected it, the final tally shows, with only voters in the 6th, 8th and 9th districts. In 2021, the casino measure won five of the nine districts, the 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th.

Urban One, South Side woes On Monday, Urban One notified the Securities and Exchange Commission that it could not meet the deadline for filing its third-quarter financial report as it was still working on completing the reports for the first two quarters.

The loss also was a blow to the hopes of 8th District Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell, who led the effort to hold a second referendum in hopes of gaining a major development that would generate hundreds

of new jobs and tens of millions in new tax revenue for the city.

“My heart is shattered,” she wrote in response to a Free Press query. “My peoples’ hearts are broken. Voters don’t realize or seem to care that $26 million in new city tax revenue per year is gone. The 1,500 jobs are gone.

The restaurants are gone. The 55-acre park and walking trails are gone. The four-star hotel is gone. It’s sadly our loss and another city’s gain.”

Eyes on the prize Just days after the Nov. 7 election, Mayor Stoney was already pivoting for a run for the state’s top office.

While he has not formally announced, he leaked his plans to an online news outlet, despite indications he would struggle to carry the city he has led for seven years. Polls conducted by the Richmond Wins campaign indicated that his approval rating among city residents is below 35 percent.

Casino chart 2023 Casino referendum certified results Council District

Yes

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Provisional Totals

1,938 1,428 3,350 3,350 2,517 2,973 3,078 3,702 3,075 443 25,615

No

8,566 5,578 5,147 7,238 4,848 2,476 4,557 1,146 1,105 968 41,629

No. of Precincts For

0 of 10 0 of 8 4 of 11 0 of 8 1 of 7 5 of 8 3 of 8 6 of 6 6 of 6 25 of 73

2021 Casino referendum result Total 38,750 40,243 31 of 70 Council districts for: 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Council districts against: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sources: Virginia Department of Elections; Virginia Public Access Project

Even as he gained attention in the past week as a potential candidate, 7th District Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger announced Monday that she would be running for the state’s top job and began picking up endorsements from Democratic establishment fig-

ures, including former Gov. Ralph S. Northam.

Mr. Goldman also was busy preparing and seeking approval from the Richmond Circuit Court for a petition he plans to circulate to put his proposed charter change on the ballot in November.

His goal is to use the energy that the “no” campaign unleashed to “reorganize and refocus city government for a singular overall purpose,” including securing the more than 13,000 signatures that would be needed to gain the court order to allow a vote.

The proposal chater change reads: The children of Richmond embody the future and therefore their future must be the paramount concern when the Mayor and City Council exercise the powers granted herein.

As President Kennedy stated in his famed Commencement Address at American University, the blame game is not a path forward. We need to find common ground. He proclaimed, “we all cherish our children’s future.” First Lady Abigail Adams, Nobel Prize winner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and First Lady Michelle Obama have likewise reflected on children embodying our future.

The proposal calls for Richmond “to strive to become the best locality in America to raise a child” and would require the government to be reorganized to put children’s interests first, to ensure no child in the city goes hungry and that every approved expenditure in the city budget have an explanation attached telling how the expense would benefit the city’s children.

The proposal also would require the mayor and the council to lobby the state to provide sufficient funding to renovate or rebuild public schools. Finally, the mayor and council would be obliged to file a yearly report on progress in achieving the goals.

Mr. Goldman has previously led successful charter change petition drives, including the one that created the elected position that Mayor Stoney now holds.

Whether he generates the support for his 10-point charter change remains to be seen.

Council approves new shelters for homeless Continued from A1

with children that is to be run by the nonprofit shelter group HomeAgain. That group is to receive $663,850 from the city to support the operation through mid-April.

That was not the story for the Chamberlayne shelter that the Salvation Army is to operate.

That proposed shelter drew the most attention, with more than 20 people offering pros and cons in speaking to the council.

But in the end, the plan to create a 150-bed shelter at the former church site secured unanimous approval from the ninemember governing body.

The approved ordinance allocates $1.4 million to the Salvation Army.

The shelter is to be open from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. seven days a week and would provide wrap-around services to assist clients and identify more permanent housing, according to 5th District Councilwoman Stephanie A. Lynch.

The decision to go with this site is a reversal from three years ago when the council approved the Salvation Army’s decision to move its Central Virginia headquarters to the site, but barred the faith-based group that has operated in the city for more than 136 years from operating a shelter at the location.

The council lifted that shelter ban in 2022 when it approved changes to the zoning ordinance to allow shelters in more areas

of the city, including the Chamberlayne Avenue site which is zoned for light manufacturing.

David Kohler, president of the Chamberlyane Industrial Center Civic Association, warned the council before the vote that at least some of the 100 businesses that belong to the organization could move out if the shelter were approved. He previously has said that his group would consider going to court to block the shelter if council voted for it.

In other business, City Council: • Saluted the Adopt-A-Street Committee of the Richmond Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority for its service to the city for 25 years.

• Voted to maintain the current real estate tax rate of $1.20 per $100 of assessed value, essentially allowing an average increase of 7.7% in tax bills that residents will receive in 2024.

• Passed legislation to create the city’s first Public Safety and Services Commission, an advisory group that would be limited to offering recommendations for improvements to the Department of Public Utilities. Council, however, provided only $5,000 for staffing the commission previously described as “toothless” as the members are to be unpaid volunteers who are to only meet quarterly after they are appointed.

• Approved a plan to have new city employees join the Virginia Retirement System and also authorized the administration to borrow up to $150 million to shore up the city’s internal

Newly empowered Virginia Democrats nominate the state’s first Black House speaker, Don Scott Continued from A1

legislation, they will be able to move without him in some areas, like judicial elections and beginning the years-long process of initiating constitutional amendments.

A U.S. Navy veteran and trial lawyer from Portsmouth with a quick wit, Delegate Scott has seen a meteoric rise in power among Virginia Democrats since he was first elected in 2019.

In an interview ahead of the vote, Delegate Scott said his election as speaker would show the progress made in Virginia and Richmond — the former capital of the Confederacy —

over their long history.

“I know I stand on the shoulders of my ancestors who built that Capitol,” Delegate Scott said.

“I just wake up with so much gratitude to be in this position. ...

I know there are so many people who are a lot smarter than me who are Black who never got this chance,” he added.

In the interview, Delegate Scott pledged that Democrats would spend the next two years of Youngkin’s term advancing progressive priorities to his desk, even though they might face the threat of a veto.

He said his party would move to pass a budget that reflects the interests of Virgin-

Harold C. Glenn, also known as ‘Soul Santa,’ dies at age 90 Continued from A1

Center, for 30 years, said his wife, Julia R. Glenn, who dressed up as Mrs. Claus.

A man with a vibrant laugh and happy demeanor, he was among the first to break the whites-only Santa tradition in a retail outlet in Virginia and the South when he started taking children’s Christmas wishes in the 1980s. Families came from all over the world, traveling from as far as Africa to have their photo taken with Soul Santa, according to his online obituary.

People who sat on his knee as children are now fondly recalling their interaction with him following Mr. Glenn’s death at age 90 on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, two weeks before he would have turned 91.

Family and friends celebrated his life Tuesday, Nov. 14, at Scott’s Funeral Home Chapel in North Side.

Born in Richmond’s Randolph neighborhood, he graduated from Armstrong High School and spent his working career with the A&P grocery chain.

His family said he had multiple interests, including gardening and raising Japanese Koi in a pond in his yard.

Singing also was a passion, his family said. He sang bass and tenor with The Christian Travelers quartet, and also took part in The Victory Choir, the Metro Mass Choir and the Virginia Choral Ensemble.

Mr. Glenn was active in Cedar Street Baptist Church of God in Church Hill, where he served as a deacon, taught Sunday School and participated in the prison and bereavement ministries.

Survivors include Mrs. Glenn, his wife of 42 years; children Keith Glenn and Kimberly Glenn; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

ians over corporations, increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour and strengthen gun control laws, including passing a ban on assault-style weapons.

“I think it’s the responsible thing to do. Weapons of war should not be on our streets en masse. We’re not going to take anybody’s guns, but we’re going to prevent a future sale of them,” he said.

As for Gov. Youngkin’s proposed 15-week abortion ban: “It’s dead,” Delegate Scott said, adding that the clearest message from Tuesday night was that Virginia voters want abortion rights protected.

“The Democrats, we’re the party of freedom. I never thought that Republicans would become a nanny state, telling women what to do with their bodies,” he said.

Delegate Scott, a Texas native who served as an officer in the Navy, openly discusses the fact that he served prison time for a felony drug conviction decades ago, something Republicans have occasionally used to criticize him.

He went on to rise through the ranks at a workforce development company and then started his own law practice before joining a prominent personal injury firm, Breit Biniazan, where he’s a partner.

“Speaker-designee Scott’s personal story — one of resilience, second chances, and historic firsts — reflects that of many Virginians and people across the nation,” the caucus said in its news release.

Delegate Scott has been a top political adversary of the governor, once saying in pointed remarks on the floor that Gov. Youngkin’s crusade against the academic framework known as critical race theory made him question whether the governor, who is openly religious, was actually a man of faith.

The remarks prompted the

governor to take the unusual step of visiting Delegate Scott’s office for a closed-door meeting that lasted about a half-hour.

In the AP interview, Delegate Scott said he sees a path forward to working with Gov. Youngkin in a bipartisan way on “kitchen-table issues.”

“I think there’s an opportunity for the governor to reset.

Not on our terms, not on his terms, but on the Virginia voters’ ... terms,” he said.

Del. Scott has served as the minority leader since 2022, when the caucus opted to vote out its previous leader, Eileen Filler-Corn, after an unsuccessful election cycle that saw the party lose full control of state government.

Richmond Retirement System that will continue to operate for current members and retirees.

• Amended the city’s Richmond 300 master plan to make most of the major public housing communities priority development areas. The communities include Creighton, Fairfield, Hillside, Mosby and Whitcomb, though not Gilpin, where planning for a major overhaul is underway.

• Awarded a $29,000 grant to enable the Sankofa Orchard on South Side to make improvements to the nonprofit orchard that has been created to provide fruit to city residents.

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According to a timeline presented to Ms. Jones the council before the Nov. 7 election, Dr. Jones was anticipated to step down this month as council seeks applicants to serve as an interim to fill the seat until a new representative is elected in November 2024 to fill the seat.

Dr. Jones declined to comment on his decision, but the Free Press has learned he is remaining in place so he can vote on his successor, which is considered likely to happen at the final 2023 council meeting on Monday, Dec. 11.

As the Free Press previously reported, Dr. Jones wants the interim to be School Board member Nicole Jones, no relation, who also is planning to run for the seat next year.

The Free Press has been told that at least four council members already signaled their support for Ms. Jones.

Dr. Jones would cast the decisive fifth vote if he remains on the council to ensure Ms. Jones’ appointment.

No mention was made that Ms. Jones is the likely choice as City Clerk Candice Reid advised the council during their informal session that the online application process had been put in place Monday.

In a release issued after the meeting, the council announced 9th District residents could apply through Monday, Nov. 27, using the form at https://cityofRichmond.formstack.com./forms/vacancy.

During a brief discussion, Dr. Jones did not mention his endorsement of Ms. Jones, but did seek to quash any suggestion that the council could seek a pledge from any appointee not to run.

Dr. Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District, recalled that the council never asked Betty L. Squire about her political intentions in February 2009 when she was appointed to fill the Church Hill-Fulton seat that Delores L. McQuinn vacated after being elected to the House of Delegates.

Dr. Newbille, who ended up winning the seat in a special election held in November 2009, said Ms. Squire made the decision not to run without any prompting from the council.

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Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder had ordered the U.S. flag at the State Capitol to be flown at half-mast in honor of his childhood friend who had died.

As an acquaintance of the former governor, Mr. Vigeant contacted him about his discovery.

He immediately received a terse, but important message.

“Don’t trash it,” replied Gov. Wilder. We’ll talk.”

When former Gov. Wilder spoke with Mr. Vigeant, he disclosed how the materials would bring firsthand clarity to much of the AfricanAmerican historical story, the Civil Rights Movement, Richmond and Jackson Ward.

“From this point, it was game on,” said Mr. Vigeant, who then wondered “How do we protect this history?”

As someone who has been restoring old homes for more than 30 years, Mr. Vigeant has a history of protecting things of significance.

“Where to archive this discovery? How deep does this material go into our U.S. American narrative? Who needs to know, so we can properly preserve the legacy of the Honorable Roland J. “Duke” Ealey?”

Who is Roland J. “Duke” Ealey?

Mr. Ealey was born June 20, 1914, in Kershaw, S.C., and was raised in Richmond.

He was a 1936 graduate of Virginia Union University and a 1939 graduate of Howard University law school. According to the Virginia House of Delegates Clerk’s Office, he served in the Army from 1943-1946.

He was married to Bessie Mae Binford Ealey until she died 1985.

A delegate to the Virginia General Assembly when he died at age 77 on March 23, 1992, Mr. Ealey was a major figure in Richmond.

A large granite marker established by a com-

About Roland ‘Duke’ Ealey

munity group stands in his remembrance at Mechanicsville Turnpike and Fairfield Avenue in Church Hill.

At the time of his death, then-Gov. Wilder, quoted in the Washington Post, described Mr. Ealey as “the essence of a citizen politician, a man with longtime, strong roots to his Richmond community and a heartfelt concern for the safety of his neighbors and the future of our children.”

As a top-ranked civil rights lawyer in his heyday, some of Mr. Ealey’s contemporaries were Oliver W. Hill Sr., Spottswood W. Robinson III, Martin Armstrong Martin, Samuel W. Tucker and former Richmond Mayor and state Sen. Henry L. Marsh III. An NAACP lawyer and in private practice with the firm, Palmer & Ealey, Mr. Ealey participated in numerous civil cases, most notably that of Ford T. Johnson v. Virginia, which he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1963.

The case involved Ford T. Johnson, a Virginia Union University student who was convicted of contempt after he refused to sit in the Black section of Richmond traffic court. An appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court was upheld, but a subsequent appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Mr. Johnson’s contempt conviction and ordered the desegregation of all courtrooms.

The decision was lauded by civil rights activists nationwide, and The Richmond AfroAmerican newspaper hailed it as a “ruling against this long injustice practiced in what are supposed to be chambers of impartial justice.”

The house on Clay Street Mr. Ealey and his wife Bessie Mae, a legal secretary, once owned and lived on the second floor of the Clay Street property. The law practice was located in the Clay Street storefront that is connected to the living quarters.

Highlights 1940: Mr. Ealey is admitted to the Virginia State Bar. 1943-1946: Served in U.S. Army.

1949-1950: Mr. Ealey, alongside Martin A. Martin, Oliver W. Hill Sr. and Samuel W. Tucker, serves as defense lawyer in the case of the Martinsville Seven.

1951: Mr. Ealey first runs for a position in the House of Delegates.

1958-1961: Mr. Ealey, working with Oliver W. Hill Sr., argued a case, Johnson v. Virginia, that eventually led to the desegregation of Richmond’s schools.

1962: Mr. Ealey represents Ford T. Johnson Jr. in a U.S. Supreme Court case that leads to the desegregation of courtrooms across the country.

1974: Mr. Ealey and other Black lawyers successfully lobby Gov. Mills E. Goodwin Jr. to select James E. Sheffield to fill a vacant circuit court judge seat in Richmond, with Mr. Sheffield becoming the first African-American to serve in that role in Virginia 1983-1992: Mr. Ealey serves in the House of Delegates, representing the 70th District until his death.

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the group of people on that list,” she added. “To be able to actually get into firsthand documents on some of the things Mr. Ealey was involved with will be just extraordinary.”

Dr. Marvin T. Chiles, an assistant professor of African-American History at Old Dominion University, said finding Mr. Ealey’s archives will help paint “a clearer picture,” for researchers in their efforts to account for everyone who fought to civilize integration.

“That’s always been one of the biggest issues with doing 19th and 20th century Black history… there are so many actors, people who are fighting in the courts, people who are fighting at the grassroots level, (people) who just go missing,” Dr. Chiles said.

“A name will pop up every now and again, you’ll see a name and a newspaper clipping, you’ll see a name in someone’s diary like Oliver Hill’s papers, you’ll see a ton of names in there. Many of the people, it’s easy to miss them. And “Duke” Ealey was one of them. He was a part of that long list of Howard-trained attorneys going into Virginia and knocking down the doors of segregation.

“I’m glad that his collection has been found, Dr. Chiles said, “and that people can add him to the story and connect him to the larger civil rights legal efforts in Virginia.”

Still marveling at his find, Mr. Vigeant observed that the boxes had been stored in the basement for years.

“They could have burned up and been lost,” he said. “This is a historic find. These papers offer a look at history as it was made.”

Sasha Finch shares her husband’s enthusiasm.

“We are now, with the help of the community and several partner organizations, about to enter a new phase of our life,” she said. “I am excited about the opportunity to help update our American historical story.”

Bonnie Newman Davis, George Copeland Jr. and Debora Timms contributed to this article.

Reflections about Roland ‘Duke’ Ealey

He ‘was very much a Richmond fixture and everybody who knew him respected him’

By Debora Caserta Timms and George Copeland Jr.

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Chapter, and as a member of the Kiwanis Club of Richmond, the Grand Lodge of Virginia and several other groups.

Aside from his legal and community work, Mr. Ealey sought to effect change through politics. Following a failed run for a seat in the Virginia legislature in the 1950s, he was elected to the House of Delegates in 1983 in a special election for the 70th District after Del. James S. Christian Jr. died.

Mr. Ealey would win five subsequent elections for the seat and serve on multiple committees during his time in the House of Delegates. He died on March 23, 1992, in Richmond.

“That his papers survived is a bit of a miracle,” Mr. Vigeant noted. Since realizing the significance of the documents, Mr. Vigeant and his wife, Sasha Finch, created a nonprofit foundation, The Ealey Project (TEP), to reflect on Mr. Ealey’s legacy.

“Jim and I have secured the cooperation of the Library of Virginia to reclaim, archive, and house the physical documents,” she said.

Two months ago, trucks bearing the Library of Virginia logo arrived at the couple’s home to retrieve Mr. Ealey’s documents. From there they traveled to the state library just a few blocks away at 800 E. Broad St. The documents will be preserved and archived with input from TEP and the community at-large.

Janis Allen, president of the Historic Jackson Ward Association, said she is “absolutely excited” about the discovery of Mr. Ealey’s documents in the Jackson Ward home.

“I couldn’t wait to get over there and take a look at it,” she said. “Once I started to see all the boxes that Jim and Sasha had, and I started to see some of the items that he pulled out to share — we just knew at this point they had stumbled upon something pretty amazing.”

In addition to what the discovery will reveal about Mr. Ealey, Ms. Allen believes it also will showcase the Jackson Ward community. Designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1978 in recognition of enterprise and entertainment, it is known as the “Harlem of the South” and “Black Wall Street.”

Ms. Allen added that not everyone knows that designation was expanded in 2002 because of the contributions of people in the neighborhood to civil rights.

“Mr. Ealey was quite distinguished among

Jody Lynn Allen Jody Lynn Allen, a history professor and the Robert Francis Engs director of The Lemon Project at The College of William & Mary, is eager to learn what Mr. Ealey’s papers reveal about civil rights in regions outside of the Lower South.

“I know as a historian myself; I’m salivating just thinking about it,” she said.

Ms. Allen explained that getting this fuller picture can help correct some of the miseducation and misperceptions about the past that have led to the push to control teaching AfricanAmerican history in schools and libraries.

“What’s happening now is a direct impact of not knowing the full story, and a direct impact of wanting to silence what we do know.”

Ms. Allen also is interested in learning whether Mr. Ealey’s papers shed light on the 1968 case of Green v. New Kent County. She currently is working on a documentary, “The Green Light,” about the people involved in the case which pushed to desegregate schools that remained largely segregated in Virginia more than a decade after Brown v.

Board of Education.

“I think the story is never finished,” Ms. Allen said. “This information is always coming in different ways. That’s one of the things that makes this so exciting. It sheds light on the fact that there are stories there. When we find them, we need to use them well.”

Viola Osborne Baskerville When Viola Osborne Baskerville learned that dozens of boxes containing Roland

“Duke” Ealey’s legal documents had been found, she grew excited imagining what the discovery will reveal about the “intensity of his legislative ability.

“Often the work and the legislative history of Black politicians have not been lifted up to the extent they needed to be,” said Ms. Baskerville, a retired attorney who served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1998 to 2005. She also was secretary of administration from 2006 to 2010 under former Virginia Gov. Timothy M. “Tim” Kaine.

“I am hoping these documents will really lift up and trace [Mr. Ealey’s] evolution and his focus on issues that were important, not only to African-Americans, but to people who were similarly situated whether it was economically or politically,” Ms. Baskerville continued. “He was very much a Richmond fixture and everybody who knew him respected him.”

Ms. Baskerville said that when the documents become accessible to the public, they will give “a window into history from a particularly unique perspective — that of a Black man who was a legislator and an attorney who fought for civil rights.

LaMont Clayton LaMont Clayton, 70, is excited about the discovery of Roland J. Ealey’s documents and memorabilia, and about the greater recognition it will bring to his uncle.

“I think it’s great. I’m very, very happy that the documents were found and now that they’re trying to restore them,” Mr. Clayton said about the documents, many of which can shed light on school desegregation and other civil rights issues in Virginia.

He says that he and his family are supportive of the efforts being made to preserve and archive the historical find.

“We need to bring it out

and just let everybody know his contribution as a lawyer, as a lawmaker and as a Sunday School teacher at First African Baptist Church,” Mr. Clayton added. “There are a lot of things about him that need to be told and known.”

Gary L. Flowers “The Roland ‘Duke’ Ealey papers represent a portal to pigment punishment meted out in the Capital of the Confederacy, during the 1940s through the 1980s,” said Richmond radio personality and historian Gary Flowers. “In response, he joined a cadre of counselors litigating and legislating justice in the courts and chambers of the (Virginia) State Capitol.”

Mr. Flowers explained that Virginia’s white power structure would only allow one or two Black lawyers to pass the bar during Mr. Ealey’s early days as an attorney. An example included Mr. Flowers’ aunt, Ethel Crawford Ellison who passed the state bar in 1954. But as more Black lawyers passed the bar, more cases were filed opposing desegregated public schools and universities, he noted.

Mr. Flowers also believes that a certain level of elitism among some of Mr. Ealey’s contemporaries is why he did not receive as much acclaim as other civil rights lawyers of his day.

Theodore Holmes As a child, historical photographer Theodore Holmes grew up not far from where Roland Ealey practiced law.

He was one of those who saw some of Mr. Ealey’s paperwork himself following its discovery

by Jim Vigeant and Sasha Finch in the same Jackson Ward neighborhood where he still lives today.

“We went through those papers, those boxes for two years,” the now 71-year-old Mr. Holmes said in a recent interview.

Among the civil rights papers he saw was a letter corresponding with Sen. Harry F. Byrd Sr., who represented Virginia from 1933 to 1965.

“You see they were strategizing at various points and I thought those papers were interesting,” Mr. Holmes said.

“Having been a child at the time and living through it, to see some of the work that was unbeknownst to me as a kid, some of the networking and communication that was going on between Mr. Ealey and the NAACP, lawyers and a tremendous amount of people it’s kind of amazing to actually see the paperwork.”

Mr. Holmes shared his belief that there should be more public awareness of Mr. Ealey and the work he accomplished.

“He needs the light to be shined on him. He needs to be given a space next to Arthur Ashe or Maggie Walker,” Mr. Holmes said. “Hopefully people will learn who he is and all the good things that he did.”

Jennifer L. McClellan When informed about the discovery of Roland “Duke” Ealey’s legal papers in a Jackson Ward home, Virginia 4th District Congresswoman Jennifer L. McClellan immediately acknowledged her thirst for history.

“You know, I’m a huge history buff,” she said. “I would love to get my hands on them one day and kind of read through them.”

Rep. McClellan says she often uses original text and primary sources in articles that she writes for various publications.

An example is an essay that she wrote about voter discrimination in the January 2023 issue of the

Richmond Public Interest Law Review, a publication of the University of Richmond.

“Unfortunately for a lot of primary documents, it’s often only one side of the story and it’s predominately white,” she said. “I think having primary sources from such a prominent civil rights attorney and pioneer among the Legislative Black Caucus adds a more complete picture to the civil rights story, to the history of Virginia and to the history of the legislature.”

Bessida Cauthorne White Activist, genealogist and retired attorney Bessida Cauthorne White has fond memories of Roland “Duke” Ealey.

“When I got to know him, it was about 1980 or so,” the Middlesex County resident said during a recent telephone conversation. “He was one of my favorite people actually. Duke was such a quiet and unassuming individual, so one had no concept — even for those of us who knew him — of his full body of work.

So, I’m just delighted to know that his work survived.”

Mrs. Cauthorne White noted that Mr. Ealey practiced law during a time of great change in the United States.

“From a community historians’perspective, there’s that view of Richmond and beyond,” she explained. “I know that Black attorneys were somewhat few and far apart, so Duke’s reach was probably across the state.”

While Mr. Ealey’s work spanned an important period in history and he was involved in milestone cases, Mrs. Cauthorne White wants to learn more about his everyday cases as well.

“I know he was involved in work that could have been called mundane, but it wouldn’t have been mundane to the people whose lives were affected,” she said. “He was involved in work for ordinary people with ordinary matters that were important to them. Just to shine a spotlight on that is exciting.”

Want to be a part of The Ealey Project? The Ealey Project (TEP) would like to hear from anyone who knew Roland J. “Duke” Ealey and Bessie

Mae Binford Ealey. TEP also wants to hear from anyone who has a story to share about life in Jackson Ward, Richmond and the Commonwealth of Virginia between the years 1940 and 1992. The stories will be part of an oral history of African-American individuals who lived in Jackson Ward between 1940 and 1992. For more information, please email james@tep.ngo, or call (804)-334-8334.

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A Jackson Ward Journey

Unearthing the history and legacy of civil rights attorney Roland J. ‘Duke’ Ealey

By James Vigeant

When my wife, Sasha Finch, and I purchased the 1880s East Clay Street building on Jan. 4, 2012, it had been dormant for more than 10 years.

Plywood covered its outside window and inside the level of disrepair was undeniable. A fire on the second floor had caused considerable damage to much of the property.

Yet something drew us to this building. We saw beauty in this wonderful old brick structure. For five years we worked steadily on the property’s exterior, rebuilding damaged brick walls while preparing the interior for its eventual renovation.

We began to plot repairs to restore the building’s brick integrity that would entail careful removal of years of debris, including a tree rooted in the basement that had grown through the roof of the house.

What we could not see or imagine was a cultural treasure hidden among the ruins.

Two untouched basement rooms had separate exterior entrances. One room’s exterior door had collapsed long before we purchased the building.

These two rooms were connected only by a small three-foot square opening with a wooden closure. We were aware that many boxes occupied one of these rooms, along with two large oil tanks and a huge furnace.

To gain greater access to the inner room, I removed the brick wall area underneath the interior window and created a rough interior door access way.

Once accessible, our plan was to gather the boxes, presumably old accounting papers, and send them to the city dump.

But, on this day in early 2019, for some inexplicable reason or just plain old curiosity, I took a closer look.

The boxes contained legal documents, many of them dating back to the 1940s, that belonged to the late Honorable Roland J. “Duke” Ealey.

Not knowing anything about Mr. Ealey, I Googled him. A 1992 article in The Washington Post appeared first.

The article stated how then-Gov. L. Douglas “Doug” Wilder had lowered the United States flag to half-mast at the Virginia Capitol in honor of his childhood friend and civil rights col-

league who died in March 1992.

Suddenly, our renovation work came to a screeching halt. We knew that we had stumbled upon something important, something that demanding our greater attention.

Because I knew Gov. Wilder, I texted him to learn more about Mr. Ealey and to determine if the documents had any possible historical significance.

“Don’t trash it,” the former governor immediately responded.

Soon after Gov. Wilder explained to me the importance of this material and how it would bring firsthand documentation to much of the AfricanAmerican historical story in Jackson Ward, Richmond, and the larger Civil Rights Movement. He brought to my attention several key cases in which Mr. Ealey had direct influence, specifically: Irene Morgan vs Greyhound Bus, Green vs New Kent County, and Johnson vs The State of Virginia.

For the next several months, we spent countless hours carefully removing the delicate collection from the basement, transferring some to more suitable boxes, but working steadily to transfer the documents and artifacts from the basement to the first-floor area, which was dryer and more stable.

Once most of the discovery had been moved, Sasha and I began reaching out to the community. We also established a steering committee to get this effort off –The Ealey Project – off the ground and hopefully headed in the proper direction.

In the early months of 2020, we reached out to Janis Allen, the president of the Historic Jackson Ward Association, and to my neighbor, Theodore Holmes, an African-American freelance historical photographer.

Janis agreed to join our team and helped facilitate our growing relationship with the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia. Theodore and I then took a cursory look inside the material look for the cases mentioned by Gov. Wilder.

We quickly found some remarkable historical documents. Equally remarkable was seeing Theodore’s reaction to some of the material containing names, places and events that he recalled when growing up. I saw him having flashbacks to his early

days — as a small boy, a young man and beyond.

After finding the Brown v. Board of Education documents, the milestone 1954 Supreme Court ruling that separating children in public schools on the basis of race, we knew we had to stop because we were clearly now working with significant historical material.

Several months later, because of the COVID19 pandemic, Theodore and I met only once a week in 2020 and 2021 to sort through the papers.

In 2022 we decided to reach out to some possible archiving institutions.

In late spring of 2022, we met with the Library of Virginia (LVA) and began negotiations about how best to archive The Ealey collection.

After 11 months of determined negotiations, we arrived at an appropriate understanding and developed a suitable contract agreement. With the negotiations completed we then transferred the ownership of the “physical” aspects of the Ealey Collection for the LVA to begin the process of reclamation and archiving.

Within our contract agreement the Library of Virginia also acknowledged that Sasha Finch and James Vigeant (The Donors) would retain the ownership of the intellectual content held within the physical documents of the Ealey discovery that was being transferred to the LVA. With this Sasha and I signed a “Deed of Gift” contract on June 30, 2023, with the LVA for them to become the archiving house for The Ealey Collection.

A legacy revealed On March 8, 2023, Sasha and I received our TEP 501©(3) non-profit organization letter of approval from the U.S. Internal Revenue service to represent the intellectual content of the Ealey Collection — with the mission statement: To Reveal The Legacy Of The Honorable Roland J. “Duke” Ealey.

In early August of 2023, the Library of Virginia placed the Ealey collection into official boxes to transfer them to a Virginia state holding facility to be processed within their freezer in preparation for archiving. Once the collection is removed from the freezer, our agreement with the library is that archiving will begin and that

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From left, James ‘Jim’ Vigeant, Sasha Finch, Janis Allen and Theodore Holmes stand in the Jackson Ward home in which Roland J. “Duke” Ealey’s legal documents were discovered.

Meet James “Jim” Vigeant and Sasha Finch, owners of the Ealey Collection James “Jim” Vigeant and Sasha Finch have been restoring old homes for more than 30 years. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Mr. Vigeant, 68, worked in the corporate world as a chemist and planner from 1980 until 1993 in Rochester, N.Y., Chicago, and New Albany, Miss.

While in Mississippi he owned a restaurant and organized the three-day Tallahatchie River Festival. He also helped create the New Albany Mainstreet Program and the Historic Northside Neighborhood Association, as well as restored residential and commercial properties.

Ms. Finch graduated from Penn State University. In addition to teaching and serving as a college admissions counselor, her career has included interior design and space planning, restaurant owner, yoga instructor and property restoration. For nearly 20 years, Ms. Finch has assisted her daughter, Allison Merritt, with the Western Design Conference Exhibit & Sale in Jackson Hole, Wyo. She is a former president of the Fan Women’s Club, and an instructor in Virginia Commonwealth University’s English as a second language program.

“We have restored properties in Upstate New York, Chicago, Mississippi, and here in Richmond,” said Mr. Vigeant. “Our goal is always to allow for these properties to have a rebirth and another full life of usage. We have also been very active in community development for this entire time. In New York, Sasha restored an 1820s farmhouse; in Chicago, we restored an older home in the suburb of La Grange; in Mississippi, we restored not only residential properties but commercial properties as well.

“In Richmond the East Clay Street property is our fifth restoration since arriving here in 2004 and is now our home.”

TEP will reach out to the community to establish a “Community Engagement” effort to encourage the Jackson Ward Community (but not limited to) to participate in the archiving of this valuable historic, and extremely large Ealey Collection.

Additionally, The Ealey Project, the Historic Jackson Ward Association (HJWA), and the Black History Museum and Culture Center (BHMCC) have built a solid relationship over

the last year to join forces and create a collaboration that will enhance the clarity and understanding of AfricanAmericans’ deep contributions to our more complete American History story. Our goal is to strengthen the visibility of the major contributions that Jackson Ward and Richmond, Virginia have had on our American History, and promote the key figures who are responsible for this rich American historical narrative.

Library of Virginia’s preservation of historic Jackson Ward’s ‘shining star’ collection that tells multiple stories

By Debora Timms

Library of Virginia administrators and staff were “over the moon” when asked to preserve the documents and memorabilia of the late Roland J. “Duke” Ealey, said John Metz, deputy director of collections and programs.

“We’re offered papers all the time, but to be offered such a large collection and from a really significant figure in Richmond, if not Virginia state history, “we’re still pinching ourselves and we can’t wait to get into it,” Mr. Metz said.

Although Mr. Metz assisted in negotiating the legal acquisition of the collection that was discovered in the Jackson Ward home of James Vigeant and Sasha Finch, the Library of Virginia’s Trenton Hizer, senior manuscripts acquisition and digital archivist, and Chad Underwood, senior manuscripts research and digital archivist, worked with the couple to place about 200,000 pages of documents that represent most aspects of Mr. Ealey’s life

into more than 140 banker’s boxes. “(Mr. Ealey’s) legal practice and his involvement in the Richmond Civil Rights Movement is especially interesting to us,” Mr. Metz said. “Because he was a lawyer, and he was practicing (law), we can put together more of the network that existed in the Civil Rights Movement in Richmond.”

Several steps must occur before the collection is accessible.

Step one is the chill factor.

“Like a lot of the private pa-

pers collections we get, they are not always stored in ideal conditions,” Mr. Metz explained.

“We freeze them to kill any insects so that when we bring them over to the main building to be processed, we’re not allowing the insects to spread to other collections.”

Several degrees of labor intensive research follow.

“From there, it’s a very laborious process, particularly for a collection this large,” Mr. Metz said. He explained how collections are assessed

for various topics or themes, and then organized based on a specific case and its relation to one individual.

Since Mr. Ealey’s papers are from the recent past, the archivists also will need to consider if any of the documents contain privacy protected information, such as health records, which are regulated by state and federal laws, or other sensitive information that may pertain to people still living. Such materials must be withheld until a certain period of time has passed.

Preserving and archiving the documents may take more than a year to complete, said Mr. Metz, who added that the goal is to finish the process as quickly as possible to provide access to this information.

To hasten the process, Mr. Metz said the Library of Virginia will actively work to find partners.

Parts of the collection will be digitized in its entirety, whereas most of the collection will be microfilmed.

“That’s a lot cheaper and,

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Library of Virginia employees removed Mr. Ealey’s legal documents from the home of James “Jim” Vigeant and Sasha Finch in mid-September to begin the process of preserving and archiving them.

if you’re not in the Richmond area and you want to borrow that microfilm, we can send it internationally,” Mr. Metz said. “We will look for multiple ways to facilitate access to this collection.

“In this case, it’s really wonderful that it comes to us at a time when there is such interest in the Jackson Ward community and we’re hoping that we can form some partnerships around that aspect of this collection,” he added. “I think it’s a real point of pride for that community that there is this shining star of a collection that tells their story. That’s what we’re interested most in getting out there.”

Shakia Gullette Warren,

executive director of the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, is particularly pleased about the Ealey documents and their preservation. Such documents, “serve as the basis and example for other freedom movements around the world, while also highlighting the integral role that Virginia has in the context of the national civil rights movement,” she said.

The Ealey discovery will help the BHMCC gain more insight into the organizational effects of the Civil Rights Movement, Ms. Gullette Warren added, while also providing a better understanding about “Virginia’s distinct role in America’s struggle for freedom.”

Roland ‘Duke’ Ealey was part of legal team that helped integrate Richmond Public Schools

By George Copeland Jr.

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Jane Cooper Johnson, fourth from right, is surrounded by family members last June when an honorary street sign was erected in Richmond’s Westwood community to honor her mother, Bettie Elizabeth Boyers Cooper.

Writers Jeremy M. Lazarus Bonnie Newman Davis George Copeland Jr. Debora Caserta Timms

In 1958, Bettie Elizabeth Boyers Cooper became fed up with segregation when her daughter had to ride a bus four miles to and from Carver Elementary School rather than attend the whitesonly Westhampton Elementary School that was within walking distance of their home.

She took action at a time when Massive Resistance was in full swing in Virginia to block implementation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 and 1955 decisions in Brown v.

Board of Education outlawing racial separation of schoolchildren.

Attorneys representing the case were Oliver W. Hill Sr., Roland D. Ealey, Martin A. Martin, and Samuel W. Tucker. Documents regarding the lawsuit were among the late Roland “Duke” Ealey’s legal papers discovered several years

ago in a Jackson Ward home.

Mrs. Boyers Cooper won a federal lawsuit in 1961 that enabled the first Black students, including her daughter, Daisy Jane Cooper (Johnson), to enter previously all-white public schools in the city.

By the time the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that Jane Cooper, at age 12, be admitted to Westhampton Junior High School, she was the first African-American student to integrate the school under a U.S. Desegregation Court Order. In June 1962, she enrolled as a freshman at Thomas Jefferson High School, also becoming the first African-American student to integrate that school.

Mrs. Boyers Cooper died Oct. 8, 2022, at age 94. Her obituary was published on the front page of the Nov. 10, 2022, edition of the Richmond Free Press.

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When asked how her mother would have reacted knowing that documents related to the court case were found, Jane Cooper Johnson’s response was emphatic.

“She would have been happy to know that history is still in the making,” she said. “As I said before, knowledge is power. My mother was an avid reader and she was a firm believer in progress. To find out more about what Mr. Ealey contributed for the well-being of others, of course she would be interested.

“What he has done or anyone has done with regard to history, whenever it’s shared, I think that’s crucial education,” she continued.

“Educating the public is very crucial when it comes to learning. That’s how we continue to progress, individually and at large as the general public — that’s how we progress as citizens, being educated.”

The Richmond Free Press wishes to thank journalists Nichole Christian, Dwight Cunningham and Vevlyn Wright for their editorial assistance in this project.

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Need: Attention to detail City Hall is a $3 billion yearly operation with a lot of moving parts and thousands of employees.

Given that the city operates with taxpayers’ money, there is a need for attention to detail to ensure that the money is well spent and the reason why there is an internal auditor and an inspector general to look into the conduct of city business.

Two recent examples suggest that city officials are often less than attentive.

In the past week, two former employees of the Department of Public Works were sentenced to prison terms after they pleaded guilty to ripping off the department for more than $600,000 over at least a five-year period.

One was Michael Evins, the now retired director of DPW operations.

He created phony companies with his wife, Samaria Evins, who was listed as the owner-operator.

He then directed phony contracts to those companies with the assistance of a DPW technician, Shaun Lindsey, who was empowered to select vendors for smaller contracts. Invoices were then sent to the Department of Finance even though Mrs. Evins’ companies never did any work.

The conspirators got away with it until the inspector general, James Osuna, got a tip, investigated and brought in the federal government to assist in holding the trio accountable for one of the biggest efforts in city history to enrich themselves at taxpayers’ expense.

As it turns out, the scheme worked because neither City Council nor the executives working under Mayor Levar M. Stoney have required each department to have internal controls, essentially practices that ensure that one person is not allowed free rein to do as they please.

The U.S. military is a far larger operation than the city, but the Pentagon has internal controls in every element of the military.

Each section with a budget must submit an internal controls report, signed off on by a ranking officer, to the inspector general’s office so that the spending can be checked and verified as proper.

In Richmond, the three conspirators got away with $600,000, not a lot of money for the city when spread over five years when more than $10 billion would have sloshed through city coffers.

Still, there does not seem to be a good reason why controls are not in place to prevent another Michael Evins from operating without any attention from his bosses or anyone else.

Another example of a lack of city oversight involves the distribution of grants to largely volunteer community organizations that lost money when the city-created but independent Enrichmond Foundation collapsed in 2022.

The city, with council approval, in July provided $250,000 to The Community Foundation, which set up the five-member Richmond Outdoor and Prosperity Fund Committee (ROPFC) to divvy it up for the groups.

The $250,000 might just be a token. The total money that disappeared is still unknown. The Stoney administration originally estimated the loss that more than 80 groups experienced total around $250,000 to $300,000, but other estimates have suggested the total loss was up to 10 times as much.

A state and federal investigation into the loss was started earlier this year.

However, with no one at the city or on the council paying attention, ROPFC decided it could do what it wanted with the money Even though the council approved the $250,000 to be used to reimburse the organizations for losses, the ROPFC refused to do so.

Instead, the ROPFC, led by Kelly Chopus, determined without any consultation with the council that it would award the money to applying groups only for new projects, the Free Press has been told.

Last week, the ROPFC reported to a council committee that it had awarded 19 organizations a total of $140,895 or an average of $7,416 apiece, with the remaining $109,105 to be distributed in 2024 in a second round of grants.

To add insult to injury, the ROPFC did not even bother in its report to list the groups that got the money and the purpose for which each grant is to be used.

Just as bothersome, Ms. Chopus and other members decided to cut out the Free Press, which broke the story of the foundation’s collapse. Ms. Chopus and other committee members have not been available for comment, and The Community Foundation also did not respond to a request for comment on the ROPFC’s practices and decisions.

The ROPFC stated in its report to council’s Education and Human Services Committee that Matt Leighty, an ROPFC member, was to issue a press release about the grants. But the Free Press has received no such release.

But this is taxpayer money, not The Community Foundation’s nor the ROPFC’s.

It remains unexplained why such or any group, no matter how reputable, would be allowed to use city money without being required to detail that use in a report that is open to the public.

More attention to detail, please.

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An old Joe Biden foe is back —the enthusiasm gap Every presidential campaign raises nagging questions of various sorts.

With the 2024 election barely more than a year away, one overarching question haunts Democrats: Why the heck isn’t President Biden doing better in the polls?

The fear and the handwringing from my friends and colleagues — and not just the liberals — have begun to remind me of the classic Yuletide “Dennis the Menace” cartoon.

Dennis is seen on Christmas morning awash in toys and wrapping paper as he turns to his parents to ask, “Is this all?”

I hear that question a lot from Democrats and others who are frustrated not by a lack of gifts but by the lack of movement in President Biden’s poll numbers.

It’s not like he hasn’t had significant accomplishments to cite, and we’ll be hearing more about them, although his own allies complain — with good reason, in my view — that he doesn’t toot his own horn enough about them. Part of the malaise seems

to be leftover exhaustion from the last campaign’s drama, which ended with victory, followed by an assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Trump.

In the current campaign, the economy is seen as a liability for President Biden. Inflation soared in 2021 and 2022 to peak at a rate of 9.1% in June 2022, the largest 12-month increase

Clarence Page since the 12-month period that ended in November 1981. Those figures have improved, but judging by the polls, voters aren’t feeling it.

Accordingly, President Biden’s most recent Gallup approval rating from his fellow Democrats was 75%, the lowest of his presidency. His 37% overall approval rating, down from 41% in September, matches his personal low.

At the same time, President Biden’s approval among independents declined four points, to 35%, while just 5% of Republicans approved of his performance, unchanged from the previous poll.

The economy isn’t President Biden’s only issue with voters.

There, too, are the crises in Israel

and Ukraine.

Perhaps as concerning as these issues of the day that would vex any incumbent is a challenge President Biden has faced before — low enthusiasm.

You may well remember that narrative in 2020. Back then his age and old-school style seemed anachronistic following the era of charismatic Barack Obama.

President Biden’s narrow victory relied heavily on fear and dislike of Donald Trump.

Now he is even older. So, too, is Mr. Trump, his former and quite likely future opponent, assuming Mr. Trump can stay out of prison long enough to campaign.

Attention is turning once again to President Biden’s weaknesses among key voting blocs, particularly Black and Hispanic Americans.

New data from the 2022 midterm elections suggests that turnout was down among Black people and Hispanics compared with the 2018 midterms. That has raised concerns among Democrats, who seem to seek something to worry about in the happiest of times, that Biden’s support among voters of color may be slipping.

That’s worrisome for President Biden’s campaign but unsurprising to those of us who

remember the same concerns in the 2020 race when President Biden emerged from the primaries to face Trump. He relieved a lot of that angst by picking Kamala Harris to be the first woman of color to be nominated by a major party for vice president.

Unfortunately, Vice President Harris, then a senator from California, proved to need what turned out to be a lot of onthe-job training, which, along with President Biden’s age, has raised more anxieties among Democrats and everyone else who would rather not see Mr. Trump get anywhere near the White House.

What to do next? Any strategizing about the future of campaign 2024 is clouded by its having so many “what ifs”‘as well as “now whats.” So, expect the unexpected — and try to plan for it.

The writer is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune.

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The G.I. Bill’s effect on Black veterans Each year our nation recognizes Veterans Day, celebrated last Saturday on Nov. 11, by honoring America’s service men and women for their courage, honor, patriotism and sacrifice each year.

As we do so, we cannot forget how national recognition and appreciation were not always free of deceit and hypocrisy.

In his book, “Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad,” historian Matthew Delmont describes the crucial contributions of more than 1 million Black Americans who served in WWII. In 1940, Black Americans made up almost 10% of the total U.S. population—12.6 million out of a total population of 131 million—and the Army became the nation’s largest minority employer. From the 2.5 million Black males who registered for the draft, more than 1 million joined the armed forces.

In addition, thousands of Black women and these inductees served in all branches of service and operation areas during the war. The journey for these men and women was different from their white counterparts. On July 26, 1948, then-President Truman signed the executive order abolishing segregation in the armed forces and ordered the full integration of all branches.

As expected, President Truman’s order received resistance from politicians, military officers, and all segments of the public who not only opposed integration in the military but everywhere.

Regardless of the racial resistance, Black men and women continued to serve their nation with honor.

Matthew Delmont speaks about the Black newspapers of the 1930s and how they provided extensive coverage of the rise of fascism in Europe, and laid the groundwork for Black Americans to recognize and relate to the serious threat posed by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Many of those who

David W. Marshall chose to enlist and serve in the military saw how Hitler identified with Jim Crow laws in the U.S. South to justify his treatment of European Jews.

When we continue to recognize Veterans Day, we should honor the untold stories of Black people who enlisted from Northern cities like Chicago, Cleveland, and New York and would have to travel to military bases in the Jim Crow South for training. Based on the letters written to the NAACP, Black soldiers explained how they would be safe once deployed to war in Europe compared to the dangers they faced during training on military bases in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.

As such, each year we recognize Veterans Day, we should remember how a million Black World War II veterans were denied the benefits associated with the GI Bill. The original G.I. Bill lifted a generation into the ranks of the middle class by providing a wide range of benefits to World War II veterans, including low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business or farm, unemployment compensation, and funds to pursue a college education. When the original G.I.

Bill ended in 1956, nearly 8 million World War II veterans had received education or training, and 4.3 million home loans worth $33 billion had been provided.

However, these same benefits regularly were denied to Black World War II veterans and their families, thus denying Black families and their descendants the opportunity to build prosperity and generational wealth. As employment, college attendance, and wealth surged for whites, disparities for their Black counterparts continued to widen. While the GI Bill’s language did not specifically exclude Black veterans, it was structured in a way that ultimately closed the doors for 1.2 million Black veterans who bravely served and sacrificed for their nation. Historian Ira Katznelson wrote, “(There was) No greater instrument for widening an already huge racial gap in postwar America than the G.I. Bill.”

“The denial of these benefits to Black veterans returning from service has impacted the accumulation of generational wealth for Black families across the country,” said Rep. James Clyburn.

As a result, Reps. Clyburn and Seth Moulton earlier this year introduced the Sgt. Isaac Woodard, Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox G.I. Bill Restoration Act. The legislation, which is intended to address the deceit and hypocrisy surrounding the implementation of the original G.I. Bill, will extend access to VA loans and educational assistance to the surviving spouse and certain direct descendants of Black World War II veterans.

The writer is the founder of the faith-based organization TRB: The Reconciled Body.

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The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement The Associated Press

The Supreme Court on Monday adopted its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices, but the code lacks a means of enforcement.

The policy, agreed to by all nine justices, does not appear to impose any significant new requirements and leaves compliance entirely to each justice.

Indeed, the justices said they have long adhered to ethics standards and suggested that criticism of the court over ethics was the product of misunderstanding, rather than any missteps by the justices.

“The absence of a Code, however, has led in recent years to the misunderstanding that the Justices of this Court, unlike all other jurists in this country, regard themselves as unrestricted by any ethics rules,” the justices wrote in an unsigned statement that accompanied the code. “To dispel this misunderstanding, we are issuing this Code, which largely represents a codification of principles that we have long regarded as governing our conduct.”

The ethics issue has vexed the court for several months, over a series of stories questioning the ethical practices of the justices. Many of those stories focused on Justice Clarence Thomas and his failure to disclose travel, other hospitality and additional financial ties with wealthy conservative donors, including Harlan Crow and the Koch brothers.

But Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor also have been under scrutiny.

In September, Justice Elena Kagan acknowledged that there were disagreements among the justices over the contents of an ethics code, but did not specify what they were. The justices achieved unanimity Monday, but predictably offered no explanation for how they got there.

Liberal critics of the court were not satisfied, with one group saying the code “reads a lot more like a friendly suggestion than a binding, enforceable guideline.”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., one of the loudest voices complaining about the court’s ethical shortcomings, mixed praise for the court with a call to do more.

“This is a long-overdue step by the justices, but a code of ethics is not binding unless there is a mechanism to investigate possible violations and enforce the rules. The honor system has not worked for members of the Roberts Court,” Sen. Whitehouse said.

A court ethics code proposed

by Sen. Whitehouse that cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee without any Republican support would allow for complaints and investigation by lower-court judges. Three justices, Amy

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The push for an ethics code was jump-started by a series

of stories by the investigative news site ProPublica detailing the relationship between Mr. Crow and Justice Thomas.

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Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Justi e Kagan have voiced support for an ethics code in recent months. In May, Chief Justice John Roberts said there was more the court could do to “adhere to the highest ethical standards,” without providing any specifics.

Public trust in and approval of the court is hovering near record lows, according to a Gallup Poll released just before the court’s new term began on Oct. 2.

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Sen. Durbin’s panel, which

has been investigating the court’s ethics, has been planning to subpoena Mr. Crow and conservative activist Leonard Leo about their roles in organizing and paying for justices’ luxury travel.

Republicans complained that Democrats were mostly reacting to decisions they didn’t like from the conservativedominated court, including overturning the nationwide right to an abortion.

The Democratic-backed ethics bill also would require that justices provide more information about potential conflicts of interest and written explanations about their decisions not to recuse. It would also seek to improve transparency around gifts received by justices. The Democratic bill had little pros-

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF A PETITION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR REVISION OF RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE DESIGNATED RIDER SNA UNDER § 56-585.1 A 6 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA CASE NO. PUR-2023-00171 · Virginia Electric and Power Company (“Dominion”) has applied for approval to revise its rate adjustment clause, designated Rider SNA. · In this case, Dominion has asked the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) to approve Rider SNA for the rate year beginning September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025 (“Rate Year”). · Dominion requests a revenue requirement of $94,941,005, which would increase the monthly bill of a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity by $0.85 per month. · A Hearing Examiner appointed by the Commission will hold a telephonic hearing in this case on April 24, 2024, at 10 a.m., for the receipt of public witness testimony. · A hearing on the Petition shall be convened at 10 a.m. on April 24, 2024, or at the conclusion of the public witness hearing, whichever is later, in the Commission’s second ÀRRU FRXUWURRP ORFDWHG LQ WKH 7\OHU %XLOGLQJ (DVW 0DLQ 6WUHHW 5LFKPRQG 9LUJLQLD WR UHFHLYH WKH WHVWLPRQ\ DQG HYLGHQFH RI WKH &RPSDQ\ DQ\ UHVSRQGHQWV DQG WKH 6WD൵ · Further information about this case is available on the Commission’s website at: scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information.

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Jennings is newest ‘Richmond Ram’ VCU began building a basketball program in the late 1960s while relying heavily on talent within Richmond’s city limits.

The Rams are hopeful their most recent scholarship signee, Brandon Jennings, will in time stamp his name onto the local heroes list.

The slender 6-foot-4 left-handed guard will have to wait for 2024-25, however. Jennings is about to begin his senior season at St. Christopher’s in the West End. As a junior, Jennings averaged 18 points, seven rebounds, five assists and two steals under veteran Saints’ coach Hamill Jones. He has also shined in the powerhouse Team Loaded travel program.

He is the son of Demetria (VCU Class of 2000) and Willie Jennings Jr., and younger brother of Willie Jennings III, a former Saints now playing football

at Christopher Newport.

Meredith 1991; Current players from Richmond on John Marshall: Ed Sherod 1981; Coach Ryan Odom’s roster are Jason LaMar Taylor 2001; Nelson and Roosevelt Wheeler, both George Wythe: Len Creech 1969; from John Marshall.

Jesse Pellot-Rosa 2007; Following are Rams from Richmond Huguenot: Gerald Henderson 1978; public and private schools (not including Bo Jones 2001 many other athletes from the surroundMarshall-Walker: Lewis Hacket ing 804 counties). Players are listed 1981; Willie Jennings 1986; Pete StrayBrandon with their final season at VCU: horn 1987; Jennings Maggie Walker: Jabo Wilkins Jefferson-Huguenot-Wythe: Alvin 1971; Cornell Jones 1971; Jesse Dark 1974; Richard Hicks 1987; Jones 1975; Norman Barnes 1976; Trinity Episcopal: Torey Burston 2017; Armstrong: Don Ross 1970; Freddie Bates Benedictine: Rhea Saltz 1971; Brad Burgess 1980; John Crittenden 1979; 2012; Jordan Burgess 2017; St. Christopher’s: Arnold Henderson 2023; Thomas Jefferson: Charles White 1971; Monty Many of the Richmond Rams have enjoyed Knight 1982; Kendrick Warren 1994; Thomas

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stellar careers and figure prominently in the record book.

The all-time scoring list includes Creech (2,019 points), Warren (1,858), Wilkins (1,716), Brad Burgess 1,684, Dark (1,584), Knight 1,549, Henderson 1,542, Bo Jones 1,334, Sherod 1,324, Taylor 1,078.

Dark became VCU’s first ever NBA draftee in 1974. Gerald Henderson played in the NBA from 1979 to 1992 and helped win three NBA championships.

Ross scored a record 55 points in an RPI Rams win over Old Dominion in 1968 and Wilkins holds the post RPI/MCV merger mark with 45 against West Liberty, W. Va., in 1969.

New signee Jennings will have plenty of role models to choose from.

VUU makes Classic marks

There are just two Black Major League Baseball managers, and both have Los Angeles teams to oversee.

Ron Washington, 71, was hired last week by the Los Angeles Angels and given a two-year contract. He is joined by Dave Roberts who has been the Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager since 2015.

The short list fell temporarily to just one last week following the retirement of Dusty Baker with the Houston Astros.

Baker had been the oldest manager at 74.

Washington, a bigleague infielder with five different teams from 1977 to 1989, previously managed the Texas Rangers from 2007 to 2014. He Ron Washington twice took Texas to the World Series, losing each time.

Since 2016, Washington has been the third-base coach for Atlanta, helping the Braves to the 2021 World Series crown.

He replaces Phil Nevin with the Angels, who were 73-89 this past season.

Other managers of color with Hispanic ancestry are Oliver Marmol in St. Louis, Dave Martinez (Washington), Carlos Mendoza (New York Mets), Alex Cora (Boston) Boston and Pedro Grifol (Chicago White Sox).

Virginia Union University is making plans for yet another Classic.

Coach Jay Butler’s basketball Panthers have been selected to play in the third NBA-HBCU Classic Feb. 17 in Indianapolis as part of NBA All-Star Weekend festivities.

VUU will take on a familiar foe, CIAA rival Winston-Salem State, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

The game will be simulcast on TNT, ESPN2 and NBA TV. Both schools’ résumés list NCAA Division II titles. WinstonSalem won the crown in 1967 with Coach Clarence “Big House” Gaines and star guard Earl Monroe.

VUU won Division II championships in 1980, 1992 and 2005 under Coach Dave Robbins.

VUU and Winston-Salem have individual all-star alumni history. Virginia Union’s Ben Wallace was an All-Star four times with Detroit, and Charles Oakley was a 1994 All-Star with the New York Knicks.

The Rams’ Monroe was a four-time All-Star between 1969 and 1977 with Baltimore and the Knicks.

The Panthers are getting used to national exposure.

They will travel to Uncasville, Conn., Nov. 18 and 19 to play in the Chris Paul HBCU Classic. The Panthers will face Cheyney State, Pa., Nov. 18 and Tuskegee, Ala., Nov. 19.

The football Panthers know Classics, too.

Coach Alvin Parker’s squad began this season against Morehouse in the NFL HBCU Hall of Fame Classic in Canton, Ohio.

So now in the same school year, VUU will leave its mark on both NFL and NBA Classics.

Walter Davis

Former Phoenix Suns player Walter Davis dies Walter Davis, among the greatest players in the University of North Carolina and Phoenix Suns history, died Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, of natural causes in Charlotte. He was 69.

The 6-foot-6 forward from Pineville, N.C., scored 1,863 points, grabbed 620 rebounds and passes for 409 assists at UNC under Coach Dean Smith.

In 1977, against Duke, Mr. Davis hit the long shot in regulation that completed one of the greatest comebacks on any level.

The Tarheels overcame an eight-point deficit in the final 17 seconds to send the game into overtime and eventually win.

The fifth overall draft choice in 1977, Mr. Davis was a six-time NBA All-Star and 1978 Rookie of the Year with the Suns, who retired his No. 6 jersey. He averaged 19 points per game for his NBA career from 1977 to 1992.

Mr. Davis’ nephew, Herbert Davis, is now the head coach at UNC.

City schools continue to shine Jada Byers

Mathias Nielsen

Kalen Carver

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Brady Myers

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Justin Meade

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Fourth-seed VUU takes on Kutztown University Virginia Union University’s 10th football victory was much like its first nine. The Panthers flexed their muscles and showed total domination.

Moving on to this Saturday, an 11th win might be harder to dig their claws into.

After defeating Fayetteville State, 21-10, for their first CIAA crown since 2001, the Panthers (10-1) now travel to Kutztown University, Pa., in Super Region 1 NCAA Division II playoffs.

Kickoff is set for noon.

The Panthers, who were moved by the NCAASelection Committee from Region 2 to 1, are seeded fourth and will travel 274 miles north to third-seeded Kutztown.

The Golden Bears are 9-2 and champions of the rugged Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Kutztown is a state-supported school with about 8,000 students.

To make the 28-team playoff field, VUU had to take care of business at Salem Stadium before a crowd of about 5,500 and a national HBCU Go TV audience.

History suggests it won’t come as easy for VUU this Saturday at Andre Reed Stadium in Eastern Pennsylvania.

Despite an outstanding program over many decades, VUU is 0-10 in NCAA playoff games, dating to 1979.

The VUU-Kutztown winner will play the survivor of Charleston, W.Va., vs. New Haven, Conn., in the Region semifinals Nov. 25.

Full control: Never veering, the Panthers stayed in the driver’s seat in Salem, collecting 20 first downs to the Broncos’ seven, and 222 yards to FSU’s 130.

VUU had the ball for 39 minutes, 28 seconds compared to 20 minutes, 32 for the Broncos. FSU’s lone TD came on a 91-yard kickoff return by Barry Elliott with 47 seconds to go before halftime.

This was typical VUU dominance. On the season the Panthers have 412 points to the opponents’ Coach Parker 128.

The victory avenged VUU’s only loss Sept. 23, a drenching 10-7 setback to FSU in a tropical storm at Hovey Field.

Heavy lifting: VUU, as usual, relied on running back Jada Byers in Salem. The junior carried 40 times for 135 VUU’s NCAA Division II playoffs history Under Coach Willard Bailey 1979 – Delaware 58, VUU 28 1980 – North Alabama 17, VUU 8 1981 – Shippensburg 40, VUU 27 1982 – North Dakota, 21-20 1983 – North Alabama 16, VUU 14 Under Coach Joe Taylor 1986 – Troy State 31, VUU 7 1990 – Edinboro 38, VUU 14 1991 – Indiana, Pa., 56, VUU 7 Under Coach Mark James 2015 – Slippery Rock 40, VUU 21 Under Coach Alvin Parker 2022 – Wingate 32, VUU 7 2023 – VUU at Kutztown, Pa.

yards and a pair of touchdowns behind a powerful and relentless offensive line.

“Normally I take two ice baths a day … after this I’ll take three,” Byers told the media.

He was an easy choice as Player of the Game.

Despite missing two full games and parts of two others this season, Byers has 1,085 yards overland with 15 TDs. The VUU record for most totes in a game is 42, set by Elihu Smith in 2005 and Jerell Washington in 2011.

Memories: Coach Parker (an alumni VUU running back) says, “I’m just happy, that’s all I can say … I was here in 2001 when we went down to Winston-Salem and won it … I remember how it felt then, but this is a little bit better.

“I’m the leader of the program now, and I felt I was leading us in the right direction. All the kids bought into the process, but it wasn’t easy.’

Team success has translated into individual honors for the Panthers. The CIAA awards were announced prior to the CIAA Championship Game.

VUU’s Parker was named CIAA Coach of the Year.

Selected All-CIAA were tight end Kalen Carver, offensive linemen Justin Meade and Jamaree Moyer, running back Byers, place kicker Brady Myers, defensive lineman Isaac Anderson and linebacker Shamar Graham.

Offensive lineman Mathias Nielsen was named to the second team, making him the first player from Denmark to be so honored.

Meade was named Offensive Lineman of the Year and Myers Special Teams Player of the Year.

Richmond city schools are on a roll.

Thomas Jefferson,Armstrong and Huguenot have all advanced to the regional football semifinals in their respective divisions.

In Region 3B, TJ and Armstrong will meet Friday (7 p.m. kickoff) at Hovey Field. It will be a rematch of the Vikings’ 28-12 win over the Wildcats Oct. 27.

Huguenot, in Region 4B, will travel into Eastern Henrico County to face juggernaut Varina at 7 p.m. Friday.

The three city schools all scored region quarterfinal wins last week.

TJ defeated Goochland, 20-0, at Hovey Field, while Armstrong beat William Monroe, 52-14, at Virginia State. Huguenot downed Powhatan, 25-20, on campus.

TJ is 10-0 under Coach Eric Harris while Armstrong is 8-3 under Coach Jeremy Pruitt.

In Coach Charles Scott’s first season at Huguenot, the Falcons are a resounding 8-2.

That comes after consecutive 1-8 seasons.

The region finals will be Nov. 25 at the higher seed. The State Finals, set for Dec. 9 at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

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Happenings Personality: Harrison Nathaniel Roday Spotlight on Bridging Virginia’s founder and board chair

Harrison Nathaniel Roday learned the power of outside financial support when helping to invest in and run industrial manufacturing businesses 10 years ago in New York. He also learned that obtaining such support often is elusive for marginalized business owners.

“Seeing firsthand how access to capital helped strengthen companies, it was also clear to me that, time and again, small businesses in underserved communities never received the same resources as other firms,” Mr. Roday says.

This disparity, which was more pronounced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, inspired Mr. Roday to found Bridging Virginia, a nonprofit community development loan fund, to ensure support for businesses and communities often left behind.

Bridging Virginia’s primary goal is to provide access to affordable capital and business resources for Black, women, and minority-owned small businesses.

Since its 2020 launch, Bridging Virginia has helped kickstart or sustain small businesses run by women and people of color throughout the state. As a result, the company has facilitated more than $550,000 in affordable funding for small business operations, along with referrals and technical assistance.

Whether aiding cooking, wine or clothing services, the organization also has helped numerous small businesses find success by growing in scope and contributing to the well-being of their communities.

Mr. Roday, who is Bridging Virginia’s founder and board chair, helps the nonprofit build momentum by navigating its financial and geographic ex-

pansion. He brings to the role years of experience working in finance and politics, including working as an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley and serving as a White House intern for then-Vice President Joe Biden in the Department for Scheduling in Advance.

Mr. Roday uses the skills he acquired in Washington and New York when forming partnerships with the Metropolitan Business League, Community Investment Collaborative and other community-oriented business groups that have been instrumental in Bridging Virginia’s growth and success.

“We want to provide even more small business owners with capital, referrals or technical assistance,” Mr. Roday says. “We want to raise more grant funds to support our work and that of our partners.

We want to expand to serve areas where our services are needed.”

The path to this growth presents obstacles and opportunities. According to Mr. Roday, Bridging Virginia needs more capital to provide its clients, with 65 individual entrepreneurs directy aided and $235,000 in loans provided to small minority businesses in 2022 alone.

Because the nonprofit is funded through donations from individuals, local partners and organizations with similar goals, collaboration is key to its success.

Despite such challenges, Mr. Roday believes that recent bipartisan support for community loan programs in the Virginia General Assembly is a positive sign not just for Bridging Virginia, but for the idea of “empowering people to improve their communities by building an economy that works for everyone.

for Black, women and minority-owned small businesses.

Occupation: After the first chapter of my career, I joined two friends in starting a software business.

Date and place of birth: Aug. 16 in New York.

Where I live now: Richmond.

Education: I’m a graduate of the College of William & Mary with a degree in government and finance.

“We will continue to raise capital and work with great partners,” he says. “Expanding inclusive economic opportunities for communities that don’t often see major investment is an issue that resonates with everyone, so our strategy will be to continue telling the stories of our amazing borrowers.”

“With any business we work with, their success is their story,” Mr. Roday says. “A great joy we’ve had is knowing that Bridging Virginia has played a small part in the success of our borrowers — who do transformational work in their respective communities.”

Meet a critical supporter of underserved and overlooked businesses and this week’s Personality, Harrison Nathaniel Roday: Volunteer position: Founder and board chair of Bridging Virginia, a nonprofit community development loan fund that provides access to affordable capital and business resources

Family: I have the best parents anyone can ask for and a younger brother who is much smarter than me, but don’t tell him I said that.

Bridging Virginia is: A nonprofit community development loan fund, with a primary goal to provide access to affordable capital and business resources for Black, women and minorityowned small businesses.

Mission: Bridging Virginia’s mission is simple: to provide access to capital for historically marginalized communities and business owners. We do this through a supportive and collaborative approach working with many partners.

Bridging Virginia is for: Small businesses or nonprofits looking for flexible financial solutions. We provide loans of up to $50,000 to those needing affordable capital to support their growth and development.

We work closely with our borrowers to understand the right amount of capital that their business can support.

No. 1 goal or project as board chair: As an organization, we want to continue to build on the

momentum we’ve developed since 2020. We want to provide even more small business owners with capital, referrals, or technical assistance. We want to raise more grant funds to support our work and that of our partners. We want to expand to serve areas where our services are needed.

No. 1 challenge: We always have more demand for capital than resources available. Our team and our borrowers are absolutely incredible. The more resources we can add, the more businesses we can serve.

Upcoming events: I can’t spill the beans quite yet, but Bridging Virginia is about to make an exciting announcement in Hampton Roads. Stay tuned!

Ways to become involved: Shop local. If you are inclined to support organizations like ours, we accept tax-deductible contributions at www.bridgingvirginia.org. You can find our partners like MBL online at www.thembl.org.

How I start the day: Thankful for the opportunities I have.

The three words that best describe me: Upbeat, hardworking and motivated.

If I had 10 extra minutes in the day: I would listen to more music that is new to me. I tend to listen to music I know.

My dream dinner party guest would be: I have only ever had one living grandparent (and she is amazing). If I could meet one of my other grandparents and invite them to dinner, I would love to do that.

Best late-night snack: Oreo ice cream.

The music I listen to most is: It depends on what I have going on, but jazz, classic rock, and 1990s/2000s pop rock are

heavy in my rotation.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: I love rock climbing.

A quote that inspires me: “We are reminded that, in the fleeting time we have on this earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame, but rather how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better.” — President Barack Obama.

At the top of my “to-do” list: 2024 goal-setting for Bridging Virginia and Foodshed Capital.

We are excited and fortunate to be in a position to grow these nonprofits and support additional borrowers.

The best thing my parents ever taught me: We have an obligation to give back to a society which has given incredible opportunities to us. And how to safely drive a car in Manhattan.

The person who influenced me the most: Outside my parents – U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine.

I can’t think of a better public service role model.

Book that influenced me the most: In recent years, I found “These Truths” by Jill Lepore to be quite profound.

It is important that we tell the full stories about our collective histories.

What I’m reading now: I just finished the sci-fi book “Project Hail Mary” by Andy Weir. It was a gift from my brother and sister-in-law. My takeaway is that sometimes it’s OK to read a fun novel instead of always reading history and biographies!

Next goal: Continue to find ways to be involved in public service.

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Happenings VUU sports information director creates a top internet podcast

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Jim Junot’s “Lights, Camera, Author,” podcast features interviews with authors who write about films, TV and entertainment. In some months, the podcast has ranked as the No. 1 podcast on books, but it always makes the top five, according to Podcast Land and Spotify.

Four years ago, James S. “Jim” Junot said he was just testing some new software to see if it would improve the sports information operation he runs at Virginia Union University.

The 63-year-old Kentucky native said he never expected the results he got.

His test has turned into “Lights, Camera, Author,” a podcast featuring interviews with authors who have written about films, TV and entertainment that now ranks among the internet’s top podcasts on books, according to Spotify, a hosting site.

In some months, Mr. Junot’s podcast has ranked as the No. 1 podcast on books, but it always makes the top five, according to Podcast Land and Spotify.

Mr. Junot talks with entertainers, actors and authors, and draws an audience of about 16,000 people a week in the United States and overseas, according to Spotify.

“I’ve always been interested in entertainment and the people involved,” said Mr. Junot, whose podcasts are now available on a wide range of sites, including Apple.

“When I started, I wanted to do something that was far away from sports which

is the focus of my job,” he said. He said he found no one else was doing the kind of interviews that he does, and his podcast still has no substantial competition.

The married father of two children and grandfather of five said he is gratified that people as far away as Australia tune in.

Since getting started in 2019, Mr. Junot has produced 217 podcasts or at least one a week.

He said the interview that brought heightened attention to his podcast was the one he did with singer Olivia Newton-John on her memoir “Don’t Stop Believin,’” which was released in 2021, the year before her death.

His guests have ranged from Kathy Reichs, creator of the crime series on a medical examiner that became the TV series “Bones,” on which she served as executive producer, to George “Funky” Brown of Kool & The Gang.

Most recently, he interviewed Nicolette Olivier on her book about comedian Buster Keaton and Scott Eyman on his book about acting great Charlie Chaplin.

Mr. Junot said he tries to read the book and also do some background checking before interviewing an author. “I want to

be prepared,” he said.

He said his podcast is on the radar screen of publishers who often send requests to him for interviews of authors.

He said he also seeks out writers or entertainers whose works he believes would be of interest.

It is a labor of love, as he is not paid.

A graduate of the University of Louisville, his Hollywood side hustle is far away from his regular job.

After earning his diploma, he worked for 17 years for Louisville’s sports information office.

He did research for Ms. Reichs and then was induced to move to Richmond by another crime writer, Patricia Cornwell, who also had him doing research for her, though that work ended when she moved.

He started doing sports information for VUU in 2003 and, except for a brief stint with Virginia State University, has been with VUU ever since.

“I love what I do for VUU,” Mr. Junot said. “But it is also fun to have a hobby that brings me in contact with people in the entertainment field. It is not something I expected but it has really worked out.”

‘The Marvels’ melts down at the box office, marking a new low for the Universe

By Jake Coyle The Associated Press

NEW YORK Since 2008’s “Iron Man,” the Marvel machine has been one of the most unstoppable forces in box office history.

Disney noted in reporting its grosses Sunday.

But with movie screens and streaming platforms increasingly crowded with superhero films and series, some analysts have detected a new fatigue

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Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani, left), Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) and Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) team up to save the world in the latest Marvel supergroup adventure “The Marvels.”

Now, though, that aura of invincibility is showing signs of wear and tear. The superhero factory hit a new low with the weekend launch of “The Marvels,” which opened with just $47 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The 33rd installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a sequel to the 2019 Brie Larsonled “Captain Marvel,” managed less than a third of the $153.4 million its predecessor launched with before ultimately taking in $1.13 billion worldwide.

Sequels, especially in Marvel Land, aren’t supposed to fall off a cliff. Yet “The Marvels” debuted with more than $100 million less than “Captain Marvel” opened with — something no sequel before has ever done.

David A. Gross, who runs the movie consulting firm Franchise Research Entertainment, called it “an unprecedented Marvel box office collapse.”

The previous low for a Walt Disney Co.-owned Marvel movie was “Ant-Man,” which bowed with $57.2 million in 2015. Otherwise, you have to go outside the Disney MCU to find such a slow start for a Marvel movie — releases like Universal’s “The Incredible Hulk” with $55.4 million in 2008, Sony’s “Morbius” with $39 million in 2022 or 20th Century Fox’s “Fantastic Four” reboot with $25.6 million in 2015.

“The Marvels,” which added $63.3 million in overseas ticket sales, may go down as a turning point in the MCU. Over the years, the franchise has collected $33 billion globally — a point

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setting in for audiences. Disney chief executive Bob Iger himself has spoken about possible oversaturation for Marvel.

“Over the last three and a half years, the growth of the genre has stopped,” Mr. Gross wrote in a newsletter Sunday.

Either way, something is shifting for superheroes. The

box office crown this year appears assured to go to “Barbie,” the year’s biggest smash with more than $1.4 billion worldwide for Warner Bros.

Marvel has still produced recent hits. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” launched this summer with $118 million before raking in $845.6 million worldwide. Sony’s “SpiderMan: Across the Spider-Verse” earned $690.5 million globally and is widely expected to be an Oscar contender.

The actors strike also didn’t do “The Marvels” any favors.

The cast of the film weren’t permitted to promote the film until the strike was called off late Wednesday evening when SAG-AFTRA and the studios reached agreement. Ms. Larson and company quickly jumped onto social media and made surprise appearances in theaters.

Ms. Larson guested on “The Tonight Show” on Friday.

The normally orderly pattern of MCU releases has also been disrupted by the strikes.

After numerous strike-related delays, the only Marvel movie currently on the studio’s 2024 calendar is “Deadpool 3,” opening July 26.

Dennis T. Clark is new librarian of Virginia Free Press staff report

Dennis T. Clark has been appointed to serve as the 10th librarian of Virginia.

His selection recently was announced by the Library of Virginia after a national search for the successor to Sandra Gioia Treadway.

Dr. Treadway is retiring after serving as librarian of Virginia for 16 years.

Mr. Clark previously served as associate Mr. Clark university librarian for research, learning and spaces at the University of Virginia, associate university librarian of research and learning at Virginia Commonwealth University, and dean of libraries at the University of Arkansas.

“We’re incredibly excited to welcome Dennis to the Library of Virginia,” Library Board Chair C. Paul Brockwell Jr. said in a statement.

Mr. Clark currently serves as chief of researcher engagement and general collections at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., where he leads its largest researcher-focused division.

“The opportunity to lead the Library of Virginia into its third century is the absolute pinnacle of my career in so many ways,” Mr. Clark said. “I cannot think of a more prestigious opportunity in libraries today.”

Mr. Clark’s start date is Jan. 25, 2024.

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Hancock unveiled

Several members and friends of Moore Street Missionary Baptist Church at 1408 W. Leigh St. attend the Nov. 11 unveiling of the Gordon Dr. Hancock Blaine Hancock Commonwealth of Virginia Historical Highway Marker at the church. Dr. Hancock, co-founder of the Richmond Chapter of the Urban League, became the pastor of Moore Street in 1925. The same year he invented the term “Double Duty Dollar,” which meant that Black people should patronize Black-owned businesses to help build employment and instill a sense of independence in their communities. Dr. Hancock, who also was a professor at Virginia Union University, was a leading spokesman for African-American equality in the generation before the Civil Rights Movement. In columns that he wrote for the Associated Negro Press, he advised his readers how to get by in tough times while still taking principled stands against segregation, according to Encyclopedia Virginia. His work with the Virginia Interracial Commission and the Southern Regional Council also suggested his willingness to be both outspoken and pragmatic in the midst of the fight against segregation — a fight, he wrote, that must be won “if the Negro is to survive.” Born in 1884, Dr. Hancock died in 1970.

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Journalist, educator, public relations specialist Sylvina R. Poole dies

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Veteran Richmond journalist, educator and entrepreneur Sylvina Renee Poole has died.

Ms. Poole, 59, succumbed to illness Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023.

A motivated writer who also taught English as a second language, her life was celebrated Sunday, Nov. 12, at Affinity Funeral Service in Henrico County.

A graduate of Morgan State University, Ms. Poole began her journalism career in 1988 as the managing editor for the Richmond office of the Baltimore-based Afro-American newspaper chain.

She later served as managing editor for The Voice newspaper for eight years.

Ms. Poole’s career included serving as a freelance reporter for the Richmond TimesDispatch, Virginia Business Magazine and handling public relations for several Richmond institutions, including Virginia Commonwealth University, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, The Martin Agency and the nonprofit United Parents Against Lead.

In addition, Ms. Poole taught English Ms. Poole and English as a second language classes for Richmond Public Schools, and her entrepreneurial skills also included her company, LearnEnglish24/7.com.

“It brings me great sadness to learn about Ms. Poole’s passing,”

said Bonnie Newman Davis, managing editor of the Richmond Free Press and author of “Truth Tellers: The Power and Presence of Black Women Journalists Since 1960.”

Recalling when Ms. Poole arrived in Richmond in the late 1980s, Ms. Davis said “I always was impressed by her ability and drive to tell our stories, particularly in Black-owned newspapers.

“Just a few months ago, she helped one of our summer interns gather information for a story about decreasing high levels of lead in soil and water. Ms. Poole leaves an impressive body of work and a legacy for which she, her children and the Richmond community can be proud.”

Survivors include her son, Chauncey Dawkins Jr.; and daughters Katelyn Beasley and Kazelle Beasley.

Wanda L. Moore-Skinner, who helped provide resources for those in need, dies at age 68

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

godsend in backing up that effort.

Ms. Jiggetts noted she was honFor 37 years, Wanda Louise ored several times for the helpline, Moore-Skinner quietly provided but she said Ms. Moore-Skinner was assistance to financially desperate the real heroine who never received individuals and families. the accolades she deserved.

Operating out of the limelight, the “I couldn’t have done it without woman dubbed “the charity lady” doled Wanda. I would call her for help, out funds to pay overdue water and and she would stroke a check,” Ms. light bills, cover unpaid rent to prevent Ms. Skinner-Moore Jiggetts said. “She never said ‘no.’ eviction, fix cars, repair broken pipes and extend So many people benefited who had no other hotel stays for who lost their homes to fires. place to turn to.”

The Portsmouth native did so as the volunteer Ms. Moore-Skinner, who toiled in obscurity and director of the Cooperative Outreach Ministry went largely unrecognized even by the churches that five Baptist churches launched in 1986 – she served, ended her extraordinary community First Baptist-Washington Park, Good Hopewell, service on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, after losing Providence Park, St. John and 7th Street. her battle with cancer. She was 68.

The ministry, which continues today, enHer life was celebrated Wednesday, Nov. 1, at abled the five congregations to pool their char- Providence Park Baptist Church in North Side. ity donations and do more than if they acted Currently, the outreach ministry is searching separately. for a successor.

She worked with social services departments Ms. Moore-Skinner came to Richmond and other charities to ensure the funds were more than 40 years ago. She began a career in spent to support needy people, from congregants education after earning an associate degree in of the five churches to unchurched people in special education from Brightpoint Community trouble.

College.

Rosa A. Jiggetts, a retired nurse who created Ms. Moore-Skinner served for years as a a helpline with her late sister, Lydia, and con- classroom aide for disabled children in Chestinues to operate it, called Ms. Moore-Skinner a terfield County Public Schools. She also took

in foster children.

She worked with hundreds of children and teens in serving for several decades as youth adviser for the Chesterfield Branch NAACP. The Chesterfield resident also was a dedicated member of North Richmond-based Good Hopewell Baptist for 42 years and attended the Sunday service the day before her death.

Along with her role with the Cooperative

Outreach Ministry, she was a trustee, choir member, youth adviser and chair of the Pastor’s Aide Society.

Survivors include her husband, Marvin L.Skinner; her daughter, Kiera Coleman; four sons, Marvin Busey, Sha Sha Busey, Traeshaun Moore and Joel Skinner; brothers Frankie Moore and Richard Moore; sister Carolyn Vinson; and seven grandchildren.

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Legal Notices/Employment Opportunities City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, December 4, 2023 at 1:30 p.m in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, December 11, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2023-340 To close, to public use and travel, an unimproved portion of West 20th Street located between Semmes Avenue and Sioux Falls Alley, consisting of 10,486 ± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2023-341 To rezone the property known as 415 Oliver Hill Way from the B-5 Central Business District (Conditional) to the B-5 Central Business District.

Ordinance No. 2023-342 To authorize the special use of the property known as 220 North 20th Street for the purpose of up to five single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2023-343 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2022-022, adopted Feb. 28, 2022, which authorized the special use of the property known as 1628 North 27th Street for the purpose of a singlefamily detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions, to provide for revised plans.

Ordinance No. 2023-344 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 1115 North 30th Street and 1117 North 30th Street for the purpose of two single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2023-345 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1323 North 30th Street for the purpose of up to three single-family attached dwe11ings, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2023-346 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 901 North 36th Street and 909 North 36th Street for the purpose of up to ten single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2023-347 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 4605, 4623, 4625, and 4627 West Broad Street for the purpose of exceeding the inclined plane height and rear setback for a mixeduse building and live/work units, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2023-348 To authorize the special use of the property known as 2036 Broad Rock Boulevard for the purpose of two singlefamily detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2023-349 To authorize the special use of the property known as 5204 Campbell Avenue for the purpose of two single-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2023-350 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 1823, 1825, and 1827 West Cary Street for the purpose of up to eight single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2023-351 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 6407 Midlothian Turnpike, 6413 Midlothian Turnpike, 6417 Midlothian Turnpike, and 6331 Old Warwick Road for the purpose of a multifamily development containing up to 122 dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2023-352 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1210 Westover Hills Boulevard for the purpose of a vocational school on the ground floor, upon certain terms and conditions.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the December 11, 2023 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https://www.rva.gov/ office-city-clerk, and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

Candice D. Reid City Clerk

City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, December 11, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2023-291 To install one speed table in the 1400 block of Drewry Street. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 3:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2023-332 To amend City Code § 12-11, concerning the deadline for submission of budget to Council, for the purpose of changing the deadline for submission of the budget from March 6 to March 27. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 16, 2023, 1:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2023-333 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute an Agreement between the City of Richmond, the Virginia Department of Transportation, and CSX Transportation, Inc., for the purpose of constructing a concrete surface crossing at the crossing for CSX Transportation, Inc.’s railroad tracks on Hopkins Road. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 3:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2023-334 To designate the 2900 block of Northumberland Avenue in honor of the late Eleanor Redd Binford. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 3:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2023-335 To designate the 400 block of East Ladies Mile Road in honor of the late Melvin L. Davis, Sr. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 3:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2023-336 To designate the corner of West 12th Street and Hull Street in honor of the late August Moon. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 3:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2023-337 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept a donation of a sculpture to be installed in the 4900 block of Government Road, a road mural to be installed at the intersection of National Street and Government Road, and maintenance and removal services, all valued at the total amount of approximately $65,000.00, from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Inc. for the purpose of supporting the Greening Greater Fulton project.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 3:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2023-338 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a First Amendment to Grant Contract between the City of Richmond and the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority for the purpose of granting $52,000.00 to the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority to facilitate the installation of public art as part of the playground renovation at Hillside Court Apartments.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 3:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2023-339 To amend City Code § 11-102, concerning unlawful dumping, for the purpose of including a prohibition against dumping yard waste on public and private property. (COMMITTEE: Public Safety, Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 1:00 p.m.)

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the December 11, 2023 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https:// www.rva.gov/office-cityclerk, and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA Continued on next column

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Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ROBERT PRINCE, Plaintiff v.

TOMESIA TUCKER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL23003395-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 3rd day of January, 2024 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD GWENDOLYN P. DENT, Plaintiff, v.

ANTHONY L. DENT Defendant.

CASE NO.: 23-1918-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION TO: Anthony L. Dent 2401 Long Hill Court Midlothian, Virginia 23112 (804) 467-4827 DATE: October 25, 2023 The object of this suit is for Plaintiff to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii from the Defendant, Anthony L. Dent, on the grounds of the parties having lived separate and apart, continuously and without interruption for more than one (1) year, and the parties having one (1) child born of this marriage, namely Bryson Carter Dent, born December 16, 2004, age 19, and emancipated; and an affidavit having been made and signed that due diligence has been used to ascertain the Defendant’s location and residence without success; and that his last known address is as indicated above; and accordingly, it is therefore ADJUDGED, ORDERED a n d D E CR E E D t h a t Defendant shall appear and protect his interests as he deems necessary within fifty (50) days from the date of entry of this Order; being December 8, 2023 at 8:30 A.M. An Extract, Teste: WENDY S. HUGHES, Clerk I ask for this: William D. Hamner, Esq. (VSB #17836) Lane & Hamner, P.C. 3520-A Courthouse Road North Chesterfield, Virginia 23236 (804) 912-1439; Fax: (804) 912-1439 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF HOPEWELL CAROLYN ANNETTE ALEXANDER Plaintiff, v.

DAVIS TITUS ALEXANDER, Defendant.

Case No. CL2022-27 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit, brought by Carolyn Annette Alexander, is a Complaint for divorce. It appearing from an affidavit that the Defendant, Davis Titus Alexander, is a nonresident individual; it is hereby ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this Court on or before November 30, 2023, to protect his interest herein; A Copy Teste: TAMARA J. WARD, Clerk I ask for this: W. Allan Burns Jr. VSB #68002 CRAVENS & NOLL, PC. 15871 City View Drive, Suite 300 Midlothian, VA 23113 (804) 330-9220 Telephone (804) 330-9458 Facsimile Counsel for the Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER WANDA KARGBO, Plaintiff v.

SOLOMON KARGBO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL23003563-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 19th day of December, 2023 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER IMMANUEL WATSON BEY, Plaintiff v.

TIERRA BEY, Defendant.

Case No.: CL23001306-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 18th day of December, 2023 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER GLORIA MOUNTFORD, III, Plaintiff v.

RUFUS MOUNTFORD, III, Defendant.

Case No.: CL23003503-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 13th day of December, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BALWINDER SINGH MALHI, Plaintiff v.

AMARJIT KAUR, Defendant.

Case No.: CL23002867-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served a Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 11th day of December, 2023 and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SANDRA PERKINS, Plaintiff v.

BOBBY PERKINS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL23001696-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served a Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 11th day of December, 2023 and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804 798-9667

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Plaintiff, vs.

Clyde Peele, Kelvin Townsell, Natasha SUMMONS AND NOTICES Norris, Beverly White and John Doe, [REMOVAL] IN THE INTERESTS OF: Child Born 2006 Child Born 2008 Child Born 2010 Minor Under the Age of 18.

TO: Defendant, JOHN DOE YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and served with the complaint in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Horry County, 1301 Second Avenue, Conway, SC 29526, on the 5th day of May 2023, a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request. You are not required to answer the complaint, but if you do, you should serve a copy of your answer upon Plaintiff through its attorney, 1951 Industrial Park Road, Conway, SC 29526.

PLEASE TA K E FURTHER NOTICE that, as a named Defendant in this action, you have the right to be present and represented by an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, the Court will appoint an attorney to represent you. It is your responsibility to contact the Clerk of Court’s Office, 1301 Second Avenue, Conway, SC 29526, to apply for appointment of an attorney to represent you if you cannot afford an attorney.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that: (1) the Guardian ad Litem (GAL) who is appointed by the Court in this action to represent the best interests of the child(ren) will provide the Family Court with a written report that includes an evaluation and assessment of the issues brought before the Court along with recommendations; (2) the GAL’s written report will be available for review twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the hearing; (3) you may review the report at the GAL Program county office.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED of a Merits/ Permanency Planning Hearing to be held at the Horry County Family Court, Horry County Government and Justice Center, 1301 2nd Avenue, Conway, South Carolina, on Thursday, January 11, 2024, at 10:00 a.m.

S.C. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES Lucas M. Oates Attorney for Plaintiff S.C. Department of Social Services 1951 Industrial Park Road Conway, SC 29526 Phone: 843-366-1569 Fax: 843-366-1653 SC Bar No.: 100866 October 17, 2023 Conway, South Carolina

directing service of process in this action, it is ORDERED that the said Devon Greene, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear on or before December 15, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. in the Clerk’s Office of this Court and do what is necessary to protect his interest.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING In the matter of the adoption of Harper Grace Robbins

By Mary Burwell Mayo Case # CA 23000059-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the abovestyled suit is to waive the consent of Justin Smith Robbins birth father of Harper Grace Robbins, to the adoption of Harper Grace Robbins by Mary Burwell Mayo and approve a Final Order of Adoption. And it appearing by affidavit filed herein that the whereabouts of Justin Smith Robbins is unknown, and that due diligence to locate Justin Smith Robbins has been used. without effect it is therefore ORDERED that Justin Smith Robbins appear on or before December 15.

2023 at 9:00 a.m. at the Richmond Circuit Court and do what is necessary to protect his interest.

An Extract, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk Susan H. Brewer VSB#15889 2224 Park Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23220-2715 Telephone: (804) 359-0897 SusanBrewer97@gmail.com

and Joan K. Robinson Revocable Declaration of Trust Dated November 6, 2007, dated September 10, 2014, recorded September 22, 2014 in the Clerk’s Office, Henrico County, Virginia.

Affidavit having been made and filed that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the identities and/or locations of certain parties to be served, and that there are or may be persons whose names are unknown, interested in the subject matter of this suit; It is ORDERED that William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson, as Co-Trustees under the William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson Revocable Declaration of Trust Dated November 6, 2007, if then living or if dead, their assigns or successors in interest, and other unknown parties who have an interest in the subject matter of this suit, who are proceeded against as PARTIES UNKNOWN, appear before Court on or before January 5, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. to protect their interests, if any, in this suit.

A Copy Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk I ask for this: Curtis D. Gordon, Esquire, V.S.B. #25325 Jason L. Shaber, Esquire, V.S.B. #96186 DANKOS, GORDON & TUCKER, P.C. 1360 E. Parham Road, Suite 200 Richmond, Virginia 23228 Telephone: (804) 377-7427 Facsimile: (804) 262-8088 Email: cgordon@ dankosgordon.com Email: jshaber@ dankosgordon.com Counsel for Plaintiff

ABC lICENSE Ramkissoon’s, LLC Trading as: Trini Roti 10811 Hull Street Road Midlothian Chesterfield County, VA 23112-3315 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Mixed Beverage Restaurant with Caterer license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

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NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia. gov or 800 552-3200.

Class Act Full Service, LLC Trading as: Class Act Full Service 5743 Magnolia Shore Lane Chester Chesterfield County, VA 23831-6151 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Mixed Beverage Limited Caterer to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia. gov or 800 552-3200.

Lyra’s Natural Kitchen LLC Trading as: Lyra’s Natural Kitchen 9200 Stony Point Pkwy Richmond, Virginia 23235-1971 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Retail Wine and Beer On and Off Premises to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Ida J Hite, Owner NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia. gov or 800 552-3200.

Notice This is public notice to all that I Michael Prince Hodges am declaring testimony under gods law to make sure that there are no mistakes, potential fraud or identity confusion that exists; to protect and preserve my proper name given at birth which is Michael Prince Hodges from the legal name MICHAEL PRINCE HODGES.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE FAMILY COURT FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF HORRY Case No.: 2023-DR-26-1052 South Carolina Department of Social Services,

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND THOMPSONMcMULLAN, P.C., Administrator of the Estate of Roosevelt Greene, Jr. Plaintiff, v.

ANTHONY GREENE, MARVIN GREENE, DURWIN GREENE, LATICE GREENE, BARRY GREENE, and DEVIN GREENE Defendants.

Case no.: CL23-856-JSM ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to compel the heirs-at-Iaw of Roosevelt Greene, Jr., who sold certain real estate known as 215 W. 31st Street within one year of the death of Roosevelt Greene, Jr. to make the proceeds of such sale available to the creditors of his estate, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 64.2-534 of the Code of Virginia.

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of Devon Greene, of the heirs-at-law of Roosevelt Greene, Jr., for purposes of

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Custody

VIRGINIA: IN THE HENRICO COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT SHAMICA WINCKLER and DOMICA WINCKLER Plaintiffs, v.

WILLIAM F. ROBINSON, CO-TRUSTEE UNDER THE WILLIAM F. ROBINSON AND JOAN K. ROBINSON REVOCABLE DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 6, 2007 and JOAN K. ROBINSON, CO-TRUSTEE UNDER THE WILLIAM F. ROBINSON AND JOAN K. ROBINSON REVOCABLE DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 6, 2007 and HUNTER R. WELLS, Esquire, Trustee and The Unknown successors in interest to William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson, as Co-Trustees under the William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson Revocable Declaration of Trust Dated November 6, 2007, if any and other persons who may have an interest in the subject matter of this suit, whose names are unknown and are included in the general description of “PARTIES UNKNOWN” Defendants.

Case No.: CL23-7026 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to quiet the title for a certain parcel of real property situated in the County of Henrico, Virginia, being owned by Leonardo Reyes and Michael William Patterson more particularly described as follows: ALL that certain tract, piece or parcel of land, lying and being in the County of Henrico, about four miles from the City of Richmond, adjoining the old Osbourne School House property and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on a road leading from the Osbourne Turnpike toward new Market Road, which road is known as the School House Road, at which point is 10.43 chains from said Osbourne Turnpike, thence leaving said School House Road N. 4 W. chains to a corner, then N. 85E. 114 feet to a corner, thence at right angle 2.65 chains to a corner on the said School House Road, thence along said School House Road in a westerly direction 114 feet to the point of beginning, and containing one half of once acre.

William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson, as Co-Trustees under the William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson Revocable Declaration of Trust Dated November 6, 2007, and the unknown successors in interest to William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson, as Co-Trustees under the William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson Revocable Declaration of Trust Dated November 6, 2007, may have an interest in the property by a duly recorded lien, to wit: Deed of Trust from the William F. Robinson

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