Virginia Civil Rights Memorial

Virginia Civil Rights Memorial
"It seemed like reaching for the moon." - Barbara Johns

A series of public events to dedicate the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial at the state Capitol will be held July 20-21.

For details, visit vacivilrightsmemorial.org or call (804) 272-8008.

07/22/2008 12:09 AM

History-makers honored at last

It took years of work and fundraising to acknowledge an act of bravery 57 years ago, but there is now a civil-rights memorial at the state Capitol.

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07/22/2008 12:08 AM

Memorial brings needed progress to past ignorance

MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS

Righteousness, as embodied by the new Virginia Civil Rights Memorial, lags more than a half-century in its pursuit of justice.

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07/22/2008 12:09 AM

County denounces closing of its schools

FARMVILLE -- About 600 people listened last night as the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors read a resolution denouncing their predecessors' decision to close schools rather than desegregate.

07/22/2008 12:09 AM

Prince Edward buses bring 60

Two Prince Edward County school buses rumbled from Farmville to Richmond yesterday carrying history-makers looking forward to seeing their deeds recognized, and others wanting to witness the historic unveiling of the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial.

07/22/2008 12:09 AM

What they had to say

07/22/2008 12:09 AM

Text of plaque in front of Civil Rights Memorial

07/20/2008 12:08 AM

A key moment in the struggle

Statues honor pivotal role that 1951 student walkout in Virginia played.

SLIDESHOW
• Leader of protest has firm place in history

07/19/2008 12:09 AM

Statue a first for Virginia

A state once synonymous with flinty defiance of court-ordered school integration is celebrating the latest symbol of its often-difficult embrace of equality: the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial.

07/19/2008 12:09 AM

King tree, Byrd statue among sights

07/19/2008 12:09 AM

Virginia Civil Rights Memorial timeline

07/14/2008 10:36 PM

Underwood named third co-chair of Civil Rights Memorial dedication

07/13/2008 12:05 AM

DEDICATING THE VIRGINIA CIVIL RIGHTS MEMORIAL

On July 21, Virginians from across the commonwealth will converge on the grounds of our state Capitol to celebrate a momentous juncture in our shared history -- the unveiling of the Virginia's Civil Rights Memorial.

DISCOVER RICHMOND

Virginia's Capitol Square
HISTORY: The historic Virginia Capitol is a multiuse building: It is an office, a meeting hall and a museum. But time had taken its toll, and the Jeffersonian edifice desperately needed a makeover.

Extreme Capitol makeover
DAYTRIP: Virginia's Capitol looks pretty good for being the second-oldest Capitol building in continuous use in the United States.

BLACK HISTORY PROFILES

Barbara Johns
As a high-schooler, led students on a march and into civil-rights history

Spottswood W. Robinson III
A warrior against the Jim Crow laws that made blacks second-class citizens

Oliver W. Hill Sr.
Best known for his role in Brown vs. the Board of Education
• MORE: Oliver Hill in Jackson Ward

Rev. L. Francis Griffin
"Fighting preacher" opposed decision to close public schools rather than integrate

SEE MORE: Black History profiles

MULTIMEDIA

Take photo tours and learn about the other statues and monuments at Capitol Square

MAP: CAPITOL SQUARE

VIDEO COVERAGE

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