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Mrs. BaCote
As a student at Virginia Union University, Mamye Edmondson BaCote took part in the lunch counter sit-ins led by VUU students to end whites-only, sit-down service at restaurants and lunch counters in Downtown.
Later in life, she would help make the laws impacting peopleâs lives during her 12 years representing Newport News in the Virginia General Assembly.
âShe really believed in public service and wanted to make a difference,â said her son, Theodore BaCote III.
âShe devoted her life to our community,â Congressman Robert C. âBobbyâ Scott of Newport News stated. âShe was able to bring about real change.â