A new exhibition tells the story through nearly 200 portraits taken in the Holsinger photography studio at the turn of the 20th Century.
Category: Race and equity
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Eviction filings soar as rent relief program winds down
More than 100 people crammed into the Albemarle County courthouse Thursday for yet another marathon day of eviction hearings.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
Public housing resident speaks about new youth program — ‘We have to show them that those dreams are possible’
“We’re so busy trying to tell them to be still, to be quiet and behave. How can they grow like that?” says Asia Green.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
After struggling as a child, mother and grandmother in Charlottesville public housing, Mary Anderson wants to help a new generation thrive
Anderson grew up in Westhaven in the 1970s and now lives there in her grandmother’s old unit.
Posted inCulture
New pictures of Charlottesville in 2017 tell the story of a community that fought back
Photographer Ézé Amos says its time for #charlottesville to be about the people who live here.
Posted inHealth and safety
Why Charlottesville? Geography, history, racism and local politics all collided in 2017
“It’s the birthplace of our democracy,” said Emily Gorcenski. “And if you want to assault the ideals of democracy, you go to where it started. It’s as simple as that.”
Posted inFirst person
In Charlottesville’s ‘summer of hate,’ a Chinese American pastor found his place in the struggle for civil rights
Michael Cheuk didn’t know how we would respond to the Unite the Right rally — until he reconsidered his own family history and his faith.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
Confederate groups may once again stall Charlottesville’s plans for the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee
Five years after white supremacists rallied around Charlottesville’s Lee statue, Confederate legacy groups have sued the city in an effort to stop the Swords Into Plowshares project.
Posted inRace and equity
Black Charlottesville residents open up about what changed — and what didn’t — after Unite the Right
“It’s never really been a Charlottesville that I feel safe in, or even one that I feel is not really embedded in racism,” said Myra Anderson. “On that day, it just so happened to rear its ugly head.”
Posted inFrom the newsroom
Our #Charlottesville: How Charlottesville Tomorrow is covering the fifth anniversary of Unite the Right
Five years after the “summer of hate,” we’re telling our community’s own stories.
