eoa_eoaa_h-1574 h-1574 eoaa eoa yes Virginia Foster Durr Woodham, Rebecca Women social reformers--Alabama Civil rights workers--Alabama Southern Conference for Human Welfare African Americans--Southern States Segregation--Southern States African Americans--Segregation--Southern States Communists--Alabama Durr, Virginia Foster Encyclopedia article about Virginia Foster Durr, a constant presence in Alabama politics and the movement for civil rights. She spent years working to abolish the poll tax and to end segregation, and her husband, Clifford, an attorney, was involved with a number of civil rights cases. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Auburn, Ala.] : Alabama Humanities Foundation and Auburn University Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project) Alabama Humanities Foundation Auburn University Merrill-Hall New Media 2008-06-13 Articles http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1574 Forms part of the Encyclopedia of Alabama. 2008-06-13 Montgomery (Ala.) Montgomery County (Ala.) Birmingham (Ala.) Jefferson County (Ala.) All rights reserved. By downloading, printing, or otherwise using text, image, logo, audio and video files from this Web site, users agree that they will limit their use of such files for purposes permitted under the fair use doctrine and will not violate EOA's or any other party's proprietary rights. Fair use of copyrighted material includes the use of protected materials for noncommercial educational purposes. EOA content used for such purposes does not require express permission from EOA or the Alabama Humanities Foundation, which holds the copyrights for EOA content. All other uses require written permission from the Alabama Humanities Foundation. Permission requests may be submitted by email to: editor@encyclopediaofalabama.org or by mail to: Encyclopedia of Alabama, Attn.: Permissions, R.B. Draughon Library, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849. 20090526 204832