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Alice Jackson Stuart
By applying to the University of Virginia to pursue graduate studies, Alice Jackson challenged Virginia's laws of segregation.
Richmond
Aline Black
Aline Black was a plaintiff in a case challenging the disparate pay of African American and white teachers in Norfolk.
Norfolk
Anna Whitehead Bodeker
In 1870 Anna Whitehead Bodeker founded the first woman suffrage association in Virginia.
Richmond
Anne B. Spencer
An advocate for civil rights, Anne Spencer was also a noted poet of the Harlem Renaissance.
Lynchburg
Arthur Robert Ashe
Tennis champion Arthur Ashe was an advocate for human dignity around the world.
Richmond
Barbara Johns
As a high school student in Farmville, Barbara Johns challenged school segregation.
Prince Edward County
Calvin Coolidge Green
A schoolteacher and military veteran, Calvin C. Green filed a lawsuit in 1965 to compel New Kent County to desegregate its public schools.
New Kent County
Charles Spurgeon Johnson
Charles Spurgeon Johnson battled racism early in the twentieth century as a preeminent sociologist, author, educator, and college president.
Bristol
Clarence M. Dunnaville Jr.
Attorney and civil rights activist Clarence M. Dunnaville Jr. advocates equal justice and equal opportunities for all Americans.
Roanoke
Doris Anne Crouse-Mays
The first woman to direct the Virginia AFL-CIO, Doris Crouse-Mays is dedicated to improving the lives of workers in the state.
Wythe County