History
African-American voting power peaked in the 1860s
When did African Americans have their highest representation in the General Assembly? 1869.
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Found photos of the Norfolk 17
Photos discovered in a Pilot storage room show the students who integrated Norfolk Public Schools in 1959 during their first day of classes in previously all-white schools. These images have largely been unseen until now.
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Portsmouth had stopovers on the road to freedom
Part of Portsmouth’s history is the role it played in the Underground Railroad, a network of safe places from the South to the North that runaway slaves used to escape to freedom.
LOCAL CALENDAR:See what Hampton Roads has in store for Black History Month
STATEWIDE CALENDAR:Find Black History events in Virginia
HELA CELL HISTORYCancer cells killed Virginia-born Henrietta Lacks. Then they made her immortal.
MASSIVE RESISTANCEA special report recounting Virginia closing six of Norfolk's public schools in 1958
THE NEW CANAAN EXPERIMENTIn 1969, 10 NSU students taught in the nearly all-white Connecticut schools
TIMELINE:An interactive look at milestones in Black History
- Lunch counter sit-ins: 50 years later
- Respected Suffolk surgeon takes prestigious position
- Follow the trail of the underground railroad through Hampton Roads
- His basketball record didn't make history in Virginia
- Did King pen 'I Have a Dream' in Gloucester?
- Showdown over Norfolk’s segregated schools changed lives forever
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