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Ora Brown Stokes was a lifelong advocate for the rights of African American women.

Richmond

Chesterfield County

Determined that her freedom was worth any hardship, Ona Judge escaped slavery and defied George Washington's attempts to retrieve her.

Fairfax County

Civil rights pioneer Olivia Ferguson McQueen successfully challenged school segregation in 1959, but did not receive her diploma for another fifty-four years.

Charlottesville

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

Richmond

Artist Nora Houston was a tireless advocate for woman suffrage and social reform.

Richmond

Born into slavery, Noah Davis raised more than $4,000 to free himself and his family members during the 1840s and 1850s.

Fredericksburg

Nikki Giovanni uses her poetry to raise awareness of social issues, particularly those of gender and race.

Blacksburg

A native of Vietnam, Nhi Le is the founder of aVietnamese literary society and center for the preservation of Vietnamese culture in Northern Virginia.

Northern Virginia

Activist Naomi Silverman Cohn advocated social legislation to improve the lives of women and children.

Richmond