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Soil Collection Ceremony honors victims

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] More than 350 people gathered in Market Square on Sept. 24 to honor the lives of two of Alexandria’s lynching victims...

Out of the Attic: Hope and remembrance in Alexandria

The poem and hymn known as the Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” originated in 1900, when a group of young men...

City to hold Soil Collection Ceremony

By Ariana Wilson | [email protected] The Alexandria Community Remembrance Project will hold a soil collection ceremony on Saturday at 301 King St. in memory of two...

Honoring Alexandria lynching victims

By Liana Hardy | [email protected] The Alexandria Community Remembrance Project has opened registration for its pilgrimage to Mongtomery, AL, from Oct. 6 to 10, which...