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By Char McCargo Bah  Landing a track scholarship in the 1960s was almost inevitable for Charles Lyles until an accident ended his dream. Born in 1945...

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] By the looks of it, Christine Sennott and Fred Theobald’s Payne Street home could sell pipes, lighters and a bevy...

By Char McCargo Bah Helen Lumpkins Day, an educator at Parker-Gray School and Charles Houston Elementary School between the 1930s and 1970s, was a role...

Years since it was first established, we still embrace the opportunity to celebrate Black History Month and the culture, local heroes of the civil...

By Char McCargo Bah Parker-Gray High School had many dedicated teachers that taught African American children from 1920 to 1965. Those teachers spent their time...

By Char McCargo Bah During the Civil War, contrabands, former enslaved people, entered Union controlled areas for protection, food, shelter and clothing. They also needed...

To the editor: A historic district is one of the few things that can overcome the telecommunications industry’s power over the placement of cell...

To the editor: Nicolas Walter, the late British anarchist and atheist, famously observed, “Getting the facts right is not history, but it is a necessary...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Alexandria City Public Schools cut down the 150-year-old oak tree, named the “Witness Tree” by activists, at T.C. Williams High...

To the editor: Students deserve to matriculate at a school bearing the name of someone who inspires them, a role model in fact. Students attending...