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1. Beginnings of Black education

Creator:: Valentine Richmond History Center
Library of Congress
Virginia. Dept. of Historic Resources
Date of Original:: 2004
Collection:: Civil Rights Movement in Virginia : An Exhibition on Display February 7 - June 19, 2004
Contributing Institution:: Virginia Historical Society

2. Brown I and Brown II

Creator:: Library of Congress
Virginia. Dept. of Historic Resources
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Date of Original:: 2004
Collection:: Civil Rights Movement in Virginia : An Exhibition on Display February 7 - June 19, 2004
Contributing Institution:: Virginia Historical Society