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By Char McCargo Bah The American Cancer Society says finding breast cancer early and getting state-of-the-art cancer treatment are two of the most important ways...

How American women spies “gave the slip” to the enemy (part III) By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller Just as American female spies had done during...

By Char McCargo Bah It was 1962 when Lawrence “Lucky” Elliott, who wore basketball jersey number 11, graduated from Parker-Gray High School. He enrolled in...

By Char McCargo Bah Many African Americans in Alexandria in 1940 were gearing up for World War II. The mandatory military draft was in place....

By Char McCargo Bah In the 1940s, Corrine Idella Henry was full of life and dreams of one day marrying her military fiancé when she...

By Char McCargo Bah Many former enslaved people made their way to Alexandria during the Civil War, and some of them decided to make Alexandria...

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...

By Char McCargo Bah Lauretta Dorsey Young was the voice heard ’round the world. She became a lyric soprano opera singer, performing for two former...

By Char McCargo Bah Long ago during the Civil War and after, many African Americans migrated to the Seminary area called Falls Church. They bought...

By Char McCargo Bah Every time Aaron Banks sees the military or hears about it, he thinks about his own family that has served in...