Priceless Vol 15 Number 4
Personal and Professional Empowerment
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Virginia mourns loss of former Delegate Mamye BaCote
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Virginia removes Confederate statue from U.S. Capitol
Veteran-led startup wins $20,000 at Pitch:HBCU
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Remembering longest serving Virginia Sheriff B.J. Roberts
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End of an era: Hampton University president to retire
Free January 2021
Statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee of the Governor of Virginia
BY SARAH PARKS Confederate
Last month, the statue of general
E. Lee was removed from the U.S. Capitol
building. represented the
Robert The
statue previously stood in the Crypt of the Capitol since 1909, along with twelve others who all
original
13 colonies. According to the office of Virginia’s governor, a representative from its office was present during the Lee statue removal, in addition to Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton and U.S Senator Tim Kaine.
“The Confederacy is a
symbol of Virginia’s racist and divisive history, and it is past time we tell our story with images of perseverance, diversity, and inclusion,” said Virginia’s governor Ralph Northam. An eight member commission, Commission for Historical Statues in the United States Capitol, established by legislation signed by Governor
Northam, recommended the
removal of the Lee statue. The commission, led by Virginia Senator Louise Lucas, selected Barbara Rose Johns to stand in place of the Robert E. Lee Statue. “Confederate
images
do not represent who we are in Virginia, that’s why we voted unanimously to remove this statue,” Lucas.
said Senator Louise
At the age of 16, Johns led a student walk-out at Robert Russa Moton High School in Farmville, VA in protest of the
substandard conditions at African American high schools compared to the high school European Americans in Farmville attended. The lawsuit that was filed as a result of Johns’ actions became one of the five cases reviewed by the Supreme Court in Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka and would lead to the education system of today.
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Hampton University's 'First Family' at the beginning of Dr. William R. Harvey's presidency Courtesy of Hampton University's Office of University Relations
BY ANGELA JONES
After 43 years of steadfast leadership, Hampton University’s president, Dr. William R. Harvey, has announced his plans to retire in 2022. During his tenure at Hampton, Harvey has been an advisor to many U.S. presidents and a mentor to several HBCU presidents.
Eager to serve, Dr. and Mrs. Harvey arrived on Hampton University’s campus in 1978 with their two young children; they would later welcome a third child. At the time of Dr. Harvey's arrival, no one could have
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Treasury and IRS begin delivering second round of Economic Impact Payments
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Photo by Jack Mayer, Office
BY INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department will begin delivering a second round of Economic Impact Payments as part of the Coronavirus Response and Relief
Appropriations Act of 2021 to millions of Americans who received the first round of
payments earlier this year. Paper checks will begin to be mailed on, Wednesday, December 30.
Supplemental action
The IRS emphasizes that there is no required by eligible
to receive this second payment. Some Americans
may see the direct
individuals deposit
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