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(BPRW) The Cook Foundation and Fairfield Foundation Announce Landmark Exhibition of Rare, Historic Photos of Black Life in Rural Virginia by Freedom B. Goode | Press releases

The exhibition, curated in collaboration with members of the Descendant (Black) community – led by Deborah Billups, Dr. David Brown and Dr. Mueller-Heubach of the Fairfield Foundation, and Elizabeth Blackney of the Cook Foundation, brings to light untold stories of the Black community in Gloucester County, Virginia, during one of the most pivotal eras in […]

Javion Magee Was Found Dead Against A Tree With Rope Around His Neck In Rural NC: What We Know So Far

The Aurora, Illinois native was found “outside of a fenced-in area” located near a tractor repair business and a church, the sheriff’s office added. As WRAL reported, “Brame said evidence shows MaGee purchased a rope from a Walmart, where he had stopped for a delivery before his death, but MaGee’s family is skeptical of that […]

A Southern Season: Rural Stories

Tomato sandwiches. Tobacco barns. Cooking collards. A shopping list left on a desk for 40 years at a deceased grandparent’s house. Traditions that die as families age. What it means to “be country.” Pig pickins’. Splitting firewood. Minor league baseball. Redneck snow days. Places that you can’t go back again—sometimes […]