Virginia Changemakers
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  • Tags: Civil Rights and Reform

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Civil rights leader Percy Casino Corbin strove to bring equality to the school system in Pulaski, Virginia.
Pulaski County

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Aline Black was a plaintiff in a case challenging the disparate pay of African American and white teachers in Norfolk.
Norfolk

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

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

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Taking a militant approach to the campaign for woman suffrage, Pauline Adams chose to go to prison for her political beliefs.
Norfolk

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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

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A leading figure in Newport News, Joseph Thomas Newsome struggled to bring education and voting rights to the African American community.
Newport News

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Through legal and political actions, civil rights activist Dorothy Bigelow Hamm fought for African American equality.
Caroline and Arlington Counties

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Throughout his law career and the public offices he has held, Henry L. Marsh has committed his life to bringing equal rights and opportunities to African Americans.
Richmond

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After his family was suddenly sold out of the state in 1848, he shipped himself in a wooden crate to freedom in 1849.
Richmond
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