Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The story of Alexandria is a myth—in fact a collection of myths and legends, sometimes competing with each other—to which the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 14—ALEXANDRIA — As educators statewide and conservative parent groups duke it out over proposed legislation to limit teaching ...

A powerful new exhibit honors one of the first civil rights sit-in protests in America. In 1939, when the Alexandria Library was only open to white people, Samuel Tucker and five other young Black men ...

This video is no longer available. Exactly 85 years after five Black men were arrested at a Northern Virginia library during a civil rights protest, the Alexandria Library unveiled a new traveling ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A huge grant that looks to preserve our history and honor the sacrifice and struggle of those who came before us is getting us uplifted. Before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Inside the walls of this Alexandria Library, there is no shortage of stories. But for one woman who was born and raised here, they're more than just stories. "Because I know that ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia has provided education to hundreds of young students each year, but did you know the story behind Samuel Tucker ...

It was a sweltering August day in 1939, and William "Buddy" Evans was face-to-face with a police officer in the Alexandria Free Library. Looking up from the pages of his book, the 19-year-old had one ...

The Great Library of Alexandria is one of the most famous institutions of the ancient world, remembered as a center of ...