Coaches look to player experiences during protests for social justice
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor The Robert E. Lee monument and Marcus David Peters Circle have become a gathering point for many during Richmond protests against police brutality and systemic racism. Most recently, coach Mike Rhoades and the men’s basketball team took a photo in full uniform on the now-graffitied statue pedestal. After the photo and […]
PHOTOS: RVA Black Lives Matter protest sparked by George Floyd’s death
Eduardo Acevedo, News Editor Hannah Eason, Managing Editor Protests started on Monday afternoon in Monroe Park and moved toward the Capitol building before the citywide curfew began. Once protesters reached Monument Avenue, at least one protester attempted to pull the Robert E. Lee statue down with rope, when blue lights appeared. Without warning, Richmond Police […]
Shops on Grace and Broad streets damaged in protest over the killing of George Floyd
Eduardo Acevedo, News Editor Zachary Klosko, Contributing Writer Peter Ju, the owner of the Monument shoe store on West Broad Street, stepped over broken glass into his ransacked shop Saturday morning. Shelves were smashed, designer shoes were stolen and the alarm system was blaring as Ju surveyed the damage. “I’m not really mad because I […]
Black minds matter | Activists shed light on consequences of racial fatigue
After the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castille, two black men killed by white police officers last summer, 24-year-old VCU senior Brittney Maddox decided she had enough. “When they got publicized back-to-back, I found that I was really tired and exhausted and I had to shut all of my social media off,” […]
Black Lives Matter exhibit unites Richmond artists
The Black Lives Matter-inspired work of 30 Richmond artists will be on display at First Unitarian Universalist Church until March 24. The exhibit opened Feb. 3 and is available to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. “We thought about approaching the Unitarian Church because they have such a strong Black Lives Matter […]
Black Lives Matter takes a stand in the aftermath of Terrence Crutcher’s death
VCU students and Richmond-based activists responded to the police-shooting of another unarmed black man by organizing a protest on Tuesday evening on the Monroe Park Campus. As videos of last Friday’s shooting of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Terrence Crutcher circulated in mass and led to protests nationwide, VCU students met in Monroe Park and took part in […]