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Questions Surround Death of Influential Activist H. Rap Brown

December 3, 2025December 3, 2025 HRMessenger Staff Black History, Black Panther Party, Culture, SNCC, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

By: Victor Greene H. Rap Brown was born as Hubert Gerold Brown in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and grew up in

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Intended Investment of Approximately $300 Million in 50 Projects Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access for Underserved Producers

June 29, 2023June 29, 2023 HRM Staff Announcement, Biden-Harris Administration, Capital, Community Development, Culture, Increased land, increasing land access program, Investments, LAND, President Biden, producers, The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Underserved producers, vice president kamala harris, Washington D.C

By: The U.S. Department of Agriculture  WASHINGTON,  – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced its selection of 50

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Turning Death Into Life, Guns Into Garden Tools

April 16, 2023April 16, 2023 HRM Staff Culture, Encouragement, Guns into Garden Tools, healing, hope, James River, Participating, peace, register, Sponsorship, State of Virginia, VICPP, Violence, Virginia, virginia interfaith center

Join the James River Chapter of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) Saturday, April 22, 2 – 3:30

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Hampton Alum Ruth E. Carter wins second Oscar for Costume Design in ‘Wakanda Forever’

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 HRM Staff Accomplish, African American, amazing, award, Black Panther, black panther movie, Black Panther; Hampton University; Ruth Carter; Marvel Studio; disney, Chadwick Boseman, Culture, film, Film and Music, Hampton, Hampton University, honor, Oscars, Ruth E. Carter, talent, Virginia, Wakanda and Talokan, Wakanda Forever, winner, woman, Women Leading in Law

Hampton, Va. – Ruth E. Carter, a Hampton University alumna, has made history as the first Black woman to achieve

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Education Events Featured Local 

Level UP: A creative summer experience

June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 D. Benjamin Culture, Level UP, summer, teens

By Alexandra Wilson The Coronavirus pandemic changed the game for many school-age students. One minute, they were roaming the halls

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Events Featured Local 

29th Annual Umoja Festival Continues Legacy of Unity and Cultural Understanding

May 14, 2019May 15, 2019 HRM Staff Community, Culture, Music, Portsmouth, Umoja Festivsl

(PORTSMOUTH, VA – May 13, 2019) – Umoja is a Kiswahili word meaning unity – unity in the family, community

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