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A physician, Isaac David Burrell operated the only pharmacy for African Americans in Roanoke for many years.

Roanoke

A native of Mexico, Isabel Castilloreceived an honorary doctorate from the University of San Francisco for her advocacy work on behalf of immigrants' rights.

Harrisonburg

As an educator and author, Isabel Wood Rogers advocated that Christians take an active and responsible interest in the secular world.

Richmond

Isabella Gibbons learned to read while enslaved and later educated hundreds of African Americans as a teacher in the freedmen's schools and public schools of Charlottesville.

Charlottesville

A native of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jacques Mushagasha is the founder and current president of the Alliance for Good Government and Peace in Africa in Harrisonburg.

Harrisonburg

Jamelle Smith Wilson is the first woman and first African American to lead the Hanover County Public School Division.

Hanover County

For decades, multi-talented saxophonist and bandleader James “Plunky” Branch has promoted the cultural importance of music at home and abroad.

Richmond

As director of the Congress of Racial Equality and as initiator of the Freedom Rides, James Farmer played a critical role in the national civil rights movement.

Spotsylvania County

James Heyward Blackwell advanced the cause of African American public education in Richmond for more than forty years.

Richmond

James Randolph Spencer is the first African American federal judge appointed from Virginia.

Richmond