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Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 12:41 PM EDT
|By Pat Thomas
On to the national competition!
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Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 5:08 PM EDT
|By Patsy Montesinos
“No one in Roanoke should not be able to answer the question who is Henrietta Lacks? She is our native daughter,” explained Harris.
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Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 6:43 PM EST
|By Isabella Ledonne
Students at Lylburn Downing Middle School heard first hand experiences for Black History Month.
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Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 7:33 PM EST
|By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press
President Joe Biden said Monday that “history matters, and Black history matters” during a White House reception marking Black History Month.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2023 at 6:00 PM EST
|By Makayla Shelton
Local musicians performed live gospel music at the Walker Theatre.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2023 at 8:49 AM EST
|By Sophia Borrelli and Janay Reece
Shaneice Jones, the owner of Sweets By Shaneice in Roanoke stopped by WDBJ7 Sunday Mornin'.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2023 at 5:25 AM EST
|By Janay Reece
Organizers want to make sure Black medical professionals and all medical professionals across Roanoke's history are remembered.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 6:57 PM EST
|By Patsy Montesinos
Anne Spencer was the first Black librarian employed by the city of Lynchburg. Her son, Chauncey Spencer is credited for leading the way for the integration of the United States Army.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 8:32 PM EST
|By Janay Reece, Patsy Montesinos and Leanna Scachetti
Join reporters Janay Reece and Patsy Montesinos for this special coverage with behind-the-scenes details from reporters on stories about the people and places that make our hometowns unique!
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 7:40 PM EST
|By Patsy Montesinos
“The teachers, the staff, the student body here in Carver Price welcomed 59 of us from Prince Edward,” added Berryman. “This was a heaven for us. And we loved this school.”
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Updated: Feb. 19, 2023 at 6:46 PM EST
|By Patsy Montesinos
Stories ranged from what life was like as a slave at Greenfield Plantation, the first African-American football player from the county, and people who lived to be more than 100 years old.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2023 at 6:22 PM EST
|By Patsy Montesinos
Walking with a purpose to inspire the next generation of leaders while remembering the past.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2023 at 9:02 AM EST
|By Sophia Borrelli
Roasters Next Door (RND) stopped by to talk about coffee made right here in Southwest Virginia.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 4:35 PM EST
|By Makayla Shelton
Rupe was an artist from Henry County who passed away last year.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 5:58 PM EST
|By Makayla Shelton
Everything down to the nails was made by the slaves. There were least 58 on the 2,500 acre plantation at one time.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 5:25 PM EST
|By WDBJ7 Staff
Carolina, 1960-1963.Dr. Brian Suttell joined us on 7@four to chat about the book and its role in Black History Month.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 6:08 PM EST
|By Isabella Ledonne
The center revealed parlors dedicated to Black leaders, a mural and the Tank Town Tree commemoration.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 5:50 PM EST
|By Isabella Ledonne
Historians and advocates presented on the neighborhood's history and efforts to preserve it.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 6:50 PM EST
|By Patsy Montesinos
Johnson is recognized as a driving force for the integration of tennis. Drawing hundreds of young black athletes to train in his backyard, two of which became grand slam champions.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 5:28 PM EST
|By Leanna Scachetti
Jordan Bell aspires to inspire Roanoke to make the historically Black neighborhood a vibrant, self-sustaining community once again.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 5:36 PM EST
|By Isabella Ledonne
Roanoke City leaders exceeded their original fundraising goal by $20,000.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2023 at 9:19 AM EST
|By Janay Reece
E and N Soaps and More stopped by to share what inspires them as small business owners.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2023 at 6:46 PM EST
|By Patsy Montesinos
“It means celebration of life, it means education, it means civil rights advocacy work, it means freedom,” said BRAG Member Cyndi Jones.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 7:00 PM EST
|By Makayla Shelton
Along with raising three NFL players, Felecia Edmonds is a Physical Education teacher at G.L.H Johnson Elementary School.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 5:11 PM EST
|By Janay Reece
The long history of African-Americans in Appalachia has traditionally been overlooked. But now descendants of former slaves are sharing their family's history, not to relive past trials but to remember and honor their lives.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 4:55 PM EST
|By Isabella Ledonne
The public will be able to vote on their favorite pieces of artwork and the top three winners will receive prizes.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 4:30 PM EST
|By WDBJ7 Staff
Grandin’s Executive Director Ian Fortier stopped by 7@four to chat about the month’s events.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 7:43 AM EST
|By Janay Reece
Now descendants and historians are working to make sure their lives are not forgotten, and their legacy lives on.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 6:57 PM EST
|By Leanna Scachetti
Several locals are involved in efforts to help tell the broader story of Norvel Lee's life.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 4:39 PM EST
|By Associated Press
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, along with Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, held a celebration Monday at the White House to conclude Black History Month.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 12:42 PM EST
|By WDBJ7 Staff
WDBJ7 spotlighted several aspects of Black History Month over the course of February 2022, and pulled them together for a special televised February 27.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2022 at 8:34 PM EST
|By Will Thomas
Dr. Carnell Cooper’s journey starts small, but it didn’t stay that way.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2022 at 12:19 PM EST
|By Kent Wainscott
America’s Black Holocaust Museum opened to the public in Wisconsin Saturday for the first time since 2008.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2022 at 5:44 PM EST
|By Will Thomas
The Christiansburg Industrial Institute has been a staple in Southwest Virginia for more than a century.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2022 at 5:56 PM EST
|By Rachel Schneider
This Black History Month, the trio is grateful for their history and excited for the future of black entrepreneurship.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2022 at 12:42 PM EST
|By Brittany Morgan
The meeting location was the site of Civil Rights meetings in Danville
Updated: Feb. 24, 2022 at 1:24 PM EST
|By Leanna Scachetti
The Historic Greenfield Advisory Council said it’s important to restore Greenfield’s antebellum buildings to teach new generations about the past.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 7:36 PM EST
|By Joe Dashiell
100 years ago, filmmaker Oscar Micheaux moved his office to Roanoke. Between 1922 and 1925, he produced as many as six full-length films here.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 9:56 PM EST
|By Jean Jadhon
"The water fountain- black and white. It was not a very pleasant time.”
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 5:00 PM EST
|By Kate Capodanno
“He’s really the connection for the whole neighborhood. He brought the whole community together,” Anna Robertson said.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 5:36 PM EST
|By Bruce Young
Lt. Col. Enoch “Woody” Woodhouse spoke to VMI cadets Thursday night.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 5:31 PM EST
|By Bruce Young
Trained as a nurse, she founded an orphanage, worked with the elderly, pushed for more schools for the African American community, and organized political fundraising.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 5:23 PM EST
|By WDBJ7 Staff
WDBJ7 is celebrating Black History Month, and is taking you to a business in Roanoke that has a unique story.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 5:09 PM EST
|By Michael Alachnowicz
In case you’re interested in going, things will get started about 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2022 at 5:53 AM EST
|By Janay Reece
We sat down with a few leaders in Roanoke to talk about Black leadership, and the significance it holds in 2022.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 4:35 PM EST
|By WDBJ7 Staff
The center has a vision to increase awareness of local African-American history.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2022 at 5:49 PM EST
|By Rachel Schneider
Her business plan? Mixing together her creativity with a newfound passion.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 7:01 PM EST
|By Bruce Young
A cadet piper and honor guard went to the funeral to honor Tony Hamilton, class of 1979.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 5:42 PM EST
|By Michael Alachnowicz
James Mozee was a principal at Dunbar High School in the 1930s.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2022 at 4:43 PM EST
|By WDBJ7 Staff
Watch the video to see how the business is commemorating black history.