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In the first report in this series, we heard about the groundbreaking judicial rulings ordering school integration in Virginia that earned Harrisonburg’s…
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Last fall, the federal courthouse building in downtown Harrisonburg was listed on the National Register of Historic Places – due in part to some…
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After a deadly white supremacist rally in 2017, once-marginalized voices in Charlottesville, Va., are demanding to be heard by the City Council. That has led to a debate over civility.
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But can the new residence hall coexist with other buildings on campus named after Confederate soldiers? WMRA’s Bridget Manley reports.[Sound of…
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On Thursday afternoon [Feb. 7], retired Justice John Charles Thomas spoke at JMU, as part of its Madison Vision Series. The first black justice to sit on…
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Nearly four months into his new job leading the Harrisonburg Police Department, Chief Eric English hosted a town hall meeting on Monday night. Stressing…
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In October, reports by ProPublica and the New York Times highlighted racial disparities between whites and non-whites in the nation’s public schools. A…
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In early October, the Staunton School Board voted to change the name of the city’s Robert E. Lee High School. Last night, they picked its new name. WMRA’s…
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Tuesday night [Oct. 30] was the 13th Annual Assembly of the Interfaith Movement Promoting Action by Congregations Together, or IMPACT for short. And the…
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After the deadly white supremacist rally last year in Charlottesville, two grad students in history at the University of Virginia are trying to bridge the…