RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — In honor of her 160th birthday, Maggie Lena Walker will be celebrated in Richmond with several events held throughout the month of July. Walker was a civil rights activist, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Maggie Lena Walker will be commemorated by the National Park Service for her 160th birthday this July. Starting Friday, July 5, at 5 p.m. the Maggie L. Walker National Historic ...

The National Park Service is honoring the late Maggie Lena Walker, a pioneering Black banker and community leader, as July ...

Descendants of Maggie Walker insist that the statue planned in her honor mustn’t be overshadowed by a towering oak, according to her great-grandson. Johnny Mickens says that it was the dying wish of ...

Ethan Bullard, museum curator at the National Park Service's Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, highlights a valuable item that protected the pioneering businesswoman's valuables. As the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - February is Black History Month and KTBS 3/KPXJ CW 21 continue to salute the contributions of African Americans in labor with the help of Bossier Parish high school students. Maggie ...

The Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia celebrated Maggie L. Walker’s 160th birthday at Gallery5 on West Marshall Street in Jackson Ward after the gathering was moved from Walker ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- The National Park Service, the Black History Museum, Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church, and the City of Richmond is inviting the public to celebrate the life and legacy of Maggie L.

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Maggie Walker spent years ...

While it was first proposed in 2010, the city’s public art commission announced today that a monument commemorating Maggie L. Walker will be integrated into a new plaza on Broad St. at North Adams in ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Grammy buzz at Maggie L. Walker Governor's School was rather concentrated on one person Monday morning: recording artist and graduate Lucy Dacus. For those who taught her or went ...