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Brown v. Board at 65: J.A. Stokes — The Student Strike That Launched One of the Most Influential Civil Rights Movements in Virginia. ‘We Jump-Started Our Own Manhattan Project’

R. R. Moton High School Cheerleaders. Front Row: T. Allen, V. Bigger, M. Dennis Back Row: J. Stokes, M. Goode, L. Branch, B. Zabresky, M. West. (Courtesy of Recovering Untold Stories: An Enduring Legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision)

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May 14, 2019

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