Comics: The Season is Upon Us
PHOTOS: Richmonders protest grand jury decision in Breonna Taylor case
Katharine DeRosa, Staff Writer Demonstrators in Richmond took to the streets Wednesday in a “Justice for Breonna Taylor” march that lasted hours and winded past several neighborhoods and two police buildings. Following a Louisville, Kentucky, grand jury decision to bring no charges against police for Taylor’s death, a flyer for the Richmond protest circulated on […]
Black-owned businesses celebrate community at local farmers market
Claire Darcy, Contributing Writer Eleven-year-old entrepreneur Amanni “Tink” Spratley was one of the vendors at RVA’s Black Farmer’s Market on Saturday. Her business, Tink’s Organic Lemonade, was featured among several other local and Black-owned businesses at the recently-founded market. Saturday was Spratley’s first time participating in RVA’s Black Farmer’s Market, although she’s done similar events […]
‘Color Out Cash Bail’ illustrates prison reform for all ages
Ebonique Little, Contributing Writer Twenty-two pages of cartoon-style drawings created by Richmond artists and other Southerners are reimagining conversations surrounding the Virginia jail system. “Color Out Cash Bail,” released Sept. 16, is a political education coloring book that seeks to end pretrial detention in Virginia and the South. The project was created by Southerners on […]
BLM mural makes statement in arts building
Sanjana Ravulapalli, Contributing Writer As students enter VCU’s Fine Arts Building, large black letters on the floor lined with the Pan-African colors of green, red and yellow spell “Black Lives Matter.” The students and artists behind the project say it’s a good first step in holding VCUarts accountable for its statements in support of diversity […]