More than 2,000 DVDs explaining the causes, conflicts and consequences of the Civil War have been mailed to all public schools in Virginia. The three-hour history lesson was produced by a member of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission who led the nation’s centennial commemoration. “In the centennial, if we made a big mistake it was that we overlooked the young. We can’t do that again,“ said James I. Robertson, a history professor at Virginia Tech who in 1961 was appointed executive director of the U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission. “A nation that forgets the past has no future.“

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.—Corey Lyons hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 16 seconds remaining and then sank 3 of 4 foul shots to give Norfolk State a 74-71 victory over South Carolina State in the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament on Friday night. Lyons, who finished with 17 points, hit a long-range shot to give the third-seeded Spartans a 71-69 edge in a back-and-forth final minute that saw three lead changes. South Carolina State’s Jessie Burton missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer off the back of the rim.

Meyera Oberndorf remembers the Greekfest riots at the Virginia Beach oceanfront in the summer of 1989 as both the worst and best moments of her 20 years running Virginia’s largest city. She was stunned by the violence, which caused millions of dollars in damage and brought out the National Guard. She was disheartened by accusations the city did not welcome the young black college students who flocked there on Labor Day weekends.

NORFOLK, Va.- DeAngelo Branche ran for 160 yards and Norfolk State held off North Carolina A&T for a 27-21 victory yesterday. The Spartans (1-0 MEAC, 2-1) took a 14-7 lead in the second quarter on a 6-yard touchdown run by Takeem Hedgeman. Norfolk State never trailed afterward, scoring again on Justin Castellat's 43-yard field goal and a 22-yard touchdown pass from Dennis Brown to Dario Walker.