
Robin Brickell, wife of the late music industry professional Sean Brickell, is reflected in a framed album in the living room of her Virginia Beach home. Sean, who died suddenly in the spring of 2021, left behind a massive collection of music memorabilia.

Alliannah Hamilton practices yoga trapeze prior to a walk-through of the "Black Spirituals" immersive theatrical experience on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at the Contemporary Arts Network in Newport News, Va.

Jay Boone awaits the start of a Black Lives Matter 757 protest on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Virginia Beach, Va.

A contestant exits a backstage area prior to the 12th Annual Beaver Queen Pageant at Duke Park in Durham.

Katrinah Carol Lewis, a historical interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, is photographed following a performance of "A Gathering of Hair" at the Governor’s Palace on Feb. 2, 2018. The production explores the lives of free and enslaved African Americans during the Revolutionary era.


Jayln Whitlow, 3, stands with his mother, Jessica Boyd, center, and the family of Kawanza J. Beaty as attorney James Ellenson speaks about a wrongful death lawsuit that the family filed against the city of Newport News, Police Chief Richard Myers and the police officer who shot and killed Beaty in July. Boyd is the mother of Beaty's unborn child.



Patsy Woodard, 83, is photographed through the stained glass doors of Gorman Baptist Church, wearing her grandmother's dress and hat. Woodard's grandmother moved to Gorman in 1916 and was a founding member of the church.