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

Richmond

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

Norfolk

In 1985 Mary Sue Terry became the first woman elected to statewide office in Virginia.

Patrick County

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

Newport News

Florence Saunders Farley has fought against racism and bias to open doors in science and politics for African American women in Virginia.

Roanoke and Petersburg

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

Edythe C. Harrison's love of music led her to help found the Virginia Opera Association.

Norfolk

As a student at Robert Russa Moton High School, John Stokes helped lead a strike by pupils to gain better education facilities, an act of defiance that contributed to the integration of public schools in the United States.

Prince Edward County

Eleanor Bontecou overcame debilitating illness to combat discrimination against Japanese Americans during World War II, study the treatment of conscientious objectors, and counsel federal government employees accused of subversive activities.

Arlington County

The first African American woman elected to the House of Delegates and to the Senate of Virginia, Yvonne B. Miller worked tirelessly as a politician, educator, and advocate for underrepresented Virginians.

Norfolk