State building renamed for civil rights activist
A state government building that once served as headquarters of the “Massive Resistance” campaign against racial integration of Virginia’s public schools was renamed last Thursday in honor of Barbara Johns, a student activist who played an important and often overlooked role in the civil rights movement. Johns was only 16 when she led a student […]
ACLU director talks race and education in America
School segregation and unequal educational opportunity were issues at the heart of a talk given by Dennis Parker on Tuesday, which was attended by a crowd of more than 200 VCU students, faculty and educators from the Richmond area.
VCU, ODU professors awarded grant to create civil rights, desegregation course for educators nationwide
Even a half century later, the civil rights movement and legacy of school desegregation in Virginia is still a topic of huge relevance and next summer, teachers from across the country will visit VCU to partake in a course focused on both historical issues.