Leah Small
Freelance Journalist and Writer at Freelance
Freelance journalist & writer. Avid chronicler of happenings. @guardian @Styleweekly @Richmondmag @progressindex @physorg_com @medical_xpress @cvilletomorrow
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1 month ago |
richmondfreepress.com | Leah Small
Richard and Mildred Loving were a brave and tenacious couple who made the existence of many American families possible. The marriage of Richard, a white man, and Mildred, a Black and Native American woman, was illegal in their home state of Virginia. The Lovings challenged Virginia’s long-standing anti, miscegenation laws and won in a landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision that struck down restrictions on interracial marriage in the U.S. Loving v.
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1 month ago |
richmondfreepress.com | Leah Small
Flora Hawk as Mildred Jeter Loving and Jonathan Michie as Richard Loving share a powerful moment on stage, joined by members of the chorus, in a scene from the world premiere production of “Loving v. Virginia.” Richard and Mildred Loving were a brave and tenacious couple who made the existence of many American families possible.
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2 months ago |
dailypress.com | Leah Small
The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Cardinal News, which first published the following story, has embarked on a three-year project to tell the little-known stories of Virginia’s role in the march to independence. This project is supported in part by a grant from the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission. Find all the stories on the Cardinal 250 page, cardinalnews.org/cardinal-news-250-2.
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Feb 24, 2025 |
scientificamerican.com | Leah Small
Black women in the U.S. are close to 40 percent more likely to die of breast cancer than white women and twice as likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer. The disparity adds to an alarming trend of women increasingly being diagnosed with breast cancer in early adulthood and middle age overall, the 2025 American Cancer Society’s annual cancer report shows. Health and income inequalities factor into why Black women die from breast cancer at disproportionate rates.
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Feb 20, 2025 |
fauquier.com | Leah Small
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