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  • Confessions of Nat Turner, The (1967)
  • Green, Charles C. et al. v. County School Board...
  • A. Linwood Holton (1923–2021)
  • Alice Adams (1926–1999)
  • Anne Spencer (1882–1975)
  • Benjamin Muse (1898–1986)
  • Byrd Organization
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Danville Civil Rights Demonstrations of 1963
  • Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties
  • Desegregation in Higher Education
  • Desegregation in Public Schools
  • Disfranchisement
  • Gordon Blaine Hancock (1884–1970)
  • Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966)
  • Harry Flood Jr. Byrd (1914–2013)
  • Howard Worth Smith (1883–1976)
  • Irene Langhorne Gibson (1873–1956)
  • James Lindsay Almond Jr. (1898–1986)
  • John Stewart Battle (1890–1972)
  • Lenoir Chambers (1891–1970)
  • Louis I. Jaffé (ca. 1888–1950)
  • Massive Resistance
  • Moton School Strike and Prince Edward County School Closings
  • Negro Organization Society
  • Poll Tax
  • Robert Russa Moton (1867–1940)
  • Sarah-Patton Boyle (1906–1994)
  • Thomas B. Stanley (1890-1970)
  • Virginius Dabney (1901–1995)

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Virginia Humanities acknowledges the Monacan Nation, the original people of the land and waters of our home in Charlottesville, Virginia.


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