Members of the Newport News–Christopher Newport University Task Force sit on the front row as they listen to another member present during the group’s first public forum in November. From left: Vice Mayor Curtis Bethany III, Councilman Cleon Long, Councilman Marcellus Harris, Joni Ivey, and Regina Brayboy. (Photo by Brandi Kellam/Virginia Mercury)
Virginia’s examination of its buried history of university expansion into Black neighborhoods is entering new territory — one that may test how well research efforts translate to accountability.
State probe into Black communities’ displacement surges forward with infusion of funds…