Culture

Institutions like the Fayette Area Historical Initiative in Martinsville and the Harrison Museum in Roanoke combine local, more obscure, histories with better-known national events.

Teachers, ministers, coaches and others were recognized at a ceremony for Black History Month.

The state is making a concerted effort to fill the gaps created by what one expert called a “skewed portrayal of history.” In the last five years, 63% of all new historic markers in Virginia have directly related to Black history.

Both the state and the zoo’s owners are appealing a judge’s decision that upheld the seizure of some animals from the Rockbridge County attraction but returned others to the zoo.

The producing artistic director says that this upcoming season will be her last.

The decision did not specify when or how the 39 animals, which have been housed by the state at zoos and wildlife facilities around the country, will be returned to Natural Bridge Zoo.

“The Movement,” which features interviews with people who protested in Danville during the summer of 1963, will be released on Amazon Prime and Apple TV next week.

The judge indicated he may rule next week on the fate of the 95 animals seized during a state raid in December.

Some of the seized animals have gone to zoos in Cincinnati and Oakland, according to testimony at a hearing Tuesday.