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Virginia: 1900 to Present

Virginia SOL VS.15

Understand the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia.

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What students need to be able to do

  • Explain the social and political events connected to disenfranchisement of African American voters in Virginia in the early 20th century, desegregation, court decisions, and Massive Resistance, with emphasis on the role of Virginians in the Supreme Court cases including Brown v. Board of Education.
  • Investigate the political, social, and economic effects of choices made during the Civil Rights Era by Virginians including Maggie Walker, Robert Russa Moton, Barbara Johns, Samuel Wilbert Tucker, Oliver W. Hill, Sr., Irene Morgan, Arthur R. Ashe, A. Linwood Holton, Jr., and L. Douglas Wilder.