WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — A building believed to be the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S. was hoisted onto a flatbed truck and moved a half-mile Friday to Colonial Williamsburg, a Virginia museum that continues to expand its emphasis on African American history. “Religion was at the heart of the school, and it was not a gospel of …
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When Leslie Hannah and her sister were children, their aunt, Lora Lee Michel, appeared to them as a spectral figure, becoming real only when she appeared on screen. “I don’t think there’s a time I didn’t know about Lora Lee,” Wright Isaacs’ youngest daughter, Allison Wallace, 50, told me. “The ‘retirement’ of Lora Lee Michel, 9, the little screen actress …
Bray ‘The Fiend’ Wyatt vs Randy Orton was one of the most anticipated matches of Night Two of WrestleMania37 in Tampa Bay, Florida. While the match was as exciting as the build-up, it was also the first time Wyatt competed in WWE since the sudden and shock death of Brodie Lee, who was just 41 years old, in December last …