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Irene Morgan's challenge to the Virginia law requiring segregated seating on interstate buses resulted in a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States.

Gloucester County

Known as the "Female Elvis," Janis Martin was a pioneer rockabilly star.

Danville

As a student at Robert Russa Moton High School, John Stokes helped lead a strike by pupils to gain better education facilities, an act of defiance that contributed to the integration of public schools in the United States.

Prince Edward County

For more than 60 years, pharmacist Leonard Muse has been a community leader in the historically African-American neighborhood of Nauck in Arlington County.

Arlington County

Throughout her career as a teacher, Lillian Ward McDaniel advocated lifelong education and community service.

Richmond

Author Louise Harrison McCraw cofounded the Braille Circulating Library to meet the needs of an underserved population.

Buckingham County

Throughout her career, Lucy Randolph Mason championed social reforms and legislation to help Southern workers.

Richmond

A founding member of the Carter Family, a highly influential early country music group, Maybelle Addington Carter was a pioneering guitarist and performer.

Scott County

As a plaintiff in the 1967 Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia, Mildred Jeter Loving helped legalize interracial marriage in Virginia and the United States.

Caroline County

Oliver White Hill served as counsel in the groundbreaking Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954.

Richmond