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Educator Edna Meade Colson strove to improve educational opportunities for African Americans in Virginia.

Petersburg

As a teenager, Edwilda Allen Isaac helped lead a walkout of students from R. R. Moton High School that contributed to ending school segregation in the United States.

Farmville

Educator, activist, and basketball pioneer Edwin B. Henderson dedicated his life to serving the African-American community through sports in education and fighting racial discrimination.

Fairfax County

A trailblazer for women in the field of photojournalism, Betty Masters was the first female photographer hired by the Roanoke Times.

Salem

Esther Cooper fought for improved educational opportunities for African American students in Arlington County.

Arlington County

Ethel Bailey Furman was one of the earliest African American women to work as an architect in Virginia.

Richmond

Evelyn Thomas Butts led a successful challenge of Virginia’s poll tax all the way to the United States Supreme Court.

Norfolk

Evelyn Reid Syphax served the needs of her community as an educator, businesswoman, and local historian.

Arlington County

Fannie W. Fitzgerald pioneered the integration of Prince William County Schools amid her 35-year career as an educator in Virginia schools.

Prince William County

Henrietta Lacks's cells, known in the medical world as HeLa cells, were the first human cells to be grown successfully outside the body for more than a short time.

Clover