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Virginia adds 21 stops to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 15, 2024

Fredericksburg was the first stop on a historic trip by so-called Freedom Riders who, in 1961, traveled through the South at great personal peril to desegregate public buses and stations as required by federal law. Local leaders, pictured here, got this and 20 other sites added to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. (Credit: University of Mary Washington)

People who want to learn more about the Civil Rights Movement can visit sites in 14 states including Virginia. Historic markers stand in Richmond, Farmville, Danville and now in Fredericksburg, which – this month – added 21 points of interest on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. Sandy Hausman has that story.