Posts Tagged Brown v. Board

Virginia scholarship aiding those impacted by Massive Resistance and their descendants gets record funding

Joan Johns Cobbs, sister to Brown vs. Board plaintiff Barbara Johns, stands outside the General Assembly Buidling in May 2024. (Credit: Brad Kutner / Radio IQ)

A scholarship to aid those impacted by the inequity of Virginia’s schools to Black students over 70 years ago is entering the summer with record funds and a record number of recipients. Brad Kutner has more. 

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This week marks 70 years since “massive resistance” to Brown v. Board decision

This week is the 70th anniversary of the Brown versus Board decision that led to the desegregation of public schools in Virginia and across the country. But as Michael Pope reports, it was only the first step in a long process in the Commonwealth.

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