THROWBACK: This weekend, we’re celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education US Supreme Court decision, which ruled that separating children in public schools based on race was unconstitutional.
Virginia’s school integration story is one fraught with both peril and triumph. Here’s a clip we aired in 2021, featuring a member of the Norfolk 17, a group of Black students who entered previously all-white middle and high schools in the area in 1959.
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