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In Charlottesville’s ‘summer of hate,’ a Chinese American pastor found his place in the struggle for civil rights

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Michael Cheuk (third from the left in the red clergy stole) marched at Justice Park in Charlottesville, in opposition to a rally by the Ku Klux Klan...

In the police department, it was a struggle to be Black, and at home, it was a struggle to be blue

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by Regine Wright | Regine Wright is a private investigator, Army veteran, and former police officer who lives in the Charlottesville Albemarle area...

9 Charlottesville officials and police union head named in 73-page lawsuit alleging racism in firing of police chief

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(Originally Published by Charlottesville Tomorrow) Photo Credit: Charlotte Rene Woods/Charlottesville Tomorrow by Charlotte Rene Woods...

Mayor Nikuyah Walker opens up about her agonizing decision to drop out of the city council race — ‘It’s really taken a toll on me.’

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Nikuyah Walker kicked off her 2017 campaign at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker had tears...

Charlottesville Racial Justice Activists Celebrate Confederate Statue Removals

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Contributed by Charlottesville Anti-Racist Media Liaisons | Photos by Locs Image (Charlottesville, Va.) — Take ’Em Down Cville, a coalition of...

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State Of The City

Maupintown Media, Vinegar Hill Magazine, and the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center present State of the City, a multimedia series...

Vinegar Hill Magazine is a space that is designed to support and project a more inclusive social narrative, to promote entrepreneurship, and to be a beacon for art, culture, and politics in Central Virginia.

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Photo includes a picture of a white plate with a black cast iron skillet sitting on top. In the skillet is a partially eaten warm and fluffy piece of yellow cornbread. A knife sits carefully placed within the side of the cornbread to gather another fluffy piece. There is a dollop of whipped butter on the top with a spattering of chives, and a hint of black pepper at the top.

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Pass the Cornbread!

by Channing Mathews When I think of cornbread, I am immediately transported to my maternal grandma’s Floridian kitchen, where both my grandma and eldest Auntie were always cooking up a storm. My grandma’s tiny house would be filled with the delicious smells of...

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State Of The City

In Charlottesville’s ‘summer of hate,’ a Chinese American pastor found his place in the struggle for civil rights

In the police department, it was a struggle to be Black, and at home, it was a struggle to be blue

9 Charlottesville officials and police union head named in 73-page lawsuit alleging racism in firing of police chief

Mayor Nikuyah Walker opens up about her agonizing decision to drop out of the city council race — ‘It’s really taken a toll on me.’

Charlottesville Racial Justice Activists Celebrate Confederate Statue Removals

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