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A champion of school integration lacked a plaque until kids spoke up

A champion of school integration lacked a plaque until kids spoke up
Hannah Natanson, The Washington Post
Feb. 24, 2021
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A historical marker honors Barbara Johns in Farmville, Va.Photo by Cameron Patterson
For years, Maura Keaney has sent fourth-graders on a scavenger hunt into the past, asking students to traverse Virginia with their families in search of historical markers.
They get one point for finding a marker, 10 points for writing a summary of it and an extra 10 points if they snag a selfie with one. The markers, erected by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, commemorate notable people or places in state history. ....

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Governor Northam announces 2nd annual Black History Month Historical Marker Contest

Governor Northam announces 2nd annual Black History Month Historical Marker Contest
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Camilla Williams, operatic soprano, grew up in Danville. In 1946 she became the first African American woman to secure a contract with a major U.S. opera company, making her debut in Madama Butterfly with the New York City Center Opera. Williams starred in Columbia Recordsâ recording of Porgy and Bess (1951), performed with the Vienna State Opera and other prominent companies, toured internationally as a soloist, and served as a cultural ambassador for the U.S. State Department. In 1963 she performed in Danville to raise funds for civil rights demonstrators, and she sang the national anthem at the March on Washington before Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his âI Have a Dreamâ speech. br ....

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