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Sarah Garland Boyd Jones was the first African American woman to pass the Virginia Medical Examining Board's examination.

Richmond

A teacher and principal for more than thirty years, Sarah A. Gray had a profound influence on the education of African Americans in Alexandria.

Alexandria

With "a decided taste for freedom," Sara Lucy Bagby was embroiled in a celebrated legal case that tested the infamous Fugitive Slave Act during the secession crisis.

Wheeling

For decades, civil rights attorney Samuel Tucker fought for African-American equality and school desegregation in the nation's highest courts.

Emporia

As a union president from the 1930s to the 1950s, Samuel H. Clark fought for the rights of African-American railroad workers.

Roanoke

Appointed a captain in the Confederate army, Sally Tompkins managed a hospital in Richmond during the Civil War.

Richmond

A native of Iraq, Sally Imran is currently a student at Blue Ridge Community College, working two full-time jobs.

Blue Ridge

The first African American woman to become a certified public accountant in Virginia, Ruth Coles Harris was also the founding director of the Sydney Lewis School of Business at Virginia Union University.
Recipient of the VABPW Foundation Business…

Richmond

Social reformer Rosa Dixon Bowser was an advocate for civil rights and educational opportunities for African Americans.

Richmond

Robert Walter Johnson was a driving force behind the integration of the sport of tennis.

Lynchburg