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African American Trailblazers 2009

Evelyn Butts

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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.

Edna Lewis

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Edna Lewis created nationwide interest in southern cuisine and demonstrated that food could be more than just nourishment, but also a celebration of…

John Cephas

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John Cephas has become a world ambassador representing the Virginia Piedmont Blues tradition.

Oliver White Hill

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

Claudia Whitworth

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Claudia Alexander Whitworth has worked diligently over the decades to improve the quality of life in Roanoke.

Amaza Meredith

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Amaza Lee Meredith broke through racial and gender barriers in architecture and artistic design.

Leland Melvin

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Leland D. Melvin inspires young people and encourages them to aspire to careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Dangerfield Newby

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Dangerfield Newby was one of five African Americans who took up arms against slavery with fellow abolitionist John Brown at Harpers Ferry, Virginia,…