My mother and father went to segregated schools, separated from Whites because they were Black. They told me, as a child, that they wanted better for me. They got their wish when I went to Stanford ...
It’s never too late to do better. Lexington is in the middle of some important conversations about its shameful history of housing segregation. That it happened in nearly every city in America makes ...
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Barbara Johns, who led protest against school segregation, now represents Virginia in U.S. Capitol
A statue of Barbara Johns now stands alongside George Washington representing Virginia the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall.
The Trump administration no longer requires the explicit prohibition of segregated facilities such as restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains in new government contracts, according to a ...
Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she led a walkout at her high school, credited with helping end school segregation. Her statue replaces Robert E. Lee's, which was removed in 2020.
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