Join us as we delve into the crucial moments of Robert Merriwether III's career, as he discusses signing a significant multi-year deal with ProBox TV. Discover the insights and experiences Robert ...
FARMVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - A woman is dead after a weekend shooting, while Farmville police say the suspect himself also died. Police say the shooting happened Saturday on West Perry Street. They found ...
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - A symbol of Virginia history and the evolution of American democracy is now on display inside the nation’s capital. Barbara Rose Johns, who led the Moton student strike in ...
The new Barbara Rose Johns statue was unveiled in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol on December 16. Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images On April 23, 1951, a Black teenager in ...
Barbara Johns, who led a courageous and history-changing walkout of students at her racially segregated high school in Farmville nearly 75 years ago, contributed far more to the commonwealth of ...
At 16 years old, Barbara Rose Johns led a student walkout in her hometown of Farmville, Virginia, protesting unequal education opportunities for Black students. Her statue, unveiled Tuesday in the ...
The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of ...
A statue honoring Civil Rights activist Barbara Rose Johns will be unveiled Tuesday on Capitol Hill, taking the spot upon which a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee once stood. The statue will ...
Starting Tuesday, the U.S. Capitol will display a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of ...
In 1951, a Black teenager led a walkout of her segregated Virginia high school. On Tuesday, her statue replaced that of a Confederate general in the U.S. Capitol. Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she ...
The landmark Supreme Court case “Brown v. Board of Education,” in 1954, declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional — a watershed moment in the fight for educational ...