A monument honoring the abolition of slavery was dedicated in Richmond, Virginia, just two miles from where a hulking statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee once prominently stood.

Unveiled in 2021 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, the Emancipation and Freedom Monument on Brown’s Island pays homage to some of ...

Scars showing on his back, the figure stands with arms outstretched as his shackles fall away.

City of Richmond leaders and the Shockoe Institute held a ceremonial groundbreaking in Main Street Station on Thursday on the 160th anniversary of the city’s Emancipation Day.

Shockoe Institute exhibit rendering. The ceremony took place on the anniversary of Richmond’s Emancipation Day when, in 1865, the city surrendered to Union forces and enslaved Richmonders were ...

The Citizens' Debate, held at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture (VMHC), was co-sponsored by Richmond First, the VMHC’s John Marshall Center, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and WTVR CBS 6.