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A portrait of a Danville segregationist judge who banned public protests in the city and ordered arrests of civil-rights demonstrators during the 1960s has been removed
Danville’s 1963 civil rights movement led to almost a decade of court cases, most of which were kept closed to the public by a segregationist judge. The Danville courthouse and the Library of Virginia in Richmond both have records and audio recordings.
It’s the 60th anniversary of Bloody Monday, the day Danville’s civil rights protesters were most violently confronted by the police during a long summer of peaceful protests. Here’s a look back at the history with the people who lived through it.