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| Harry F. Byrd, Sr. | Virginia Senator (later governor) who led a Massive Resistance Movement against the integration of public schools. |
| Maggie L. Walker | First African American woman to become a bank president. |
| L. Douglas Wilder | First African American to be elected a state governor (Virginia) in the United States. |
| Arthur R. Ashe Jr. | First African American winner of a major men's tennis singles championship. |
| Desegregation | Stopping racial segregation. |
| Integration | Full equality of all races in the use of public facilities. |
| Discrimination | The unfair difference in the treatment of people. |
| Segregation | The separation of people, usually based on race or religion. |
| Brown v. Board of Education | The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that "separate but equal" public schools were unconstitutional. |
| Massive Resistance | Virginia's government fought to "resist" the integration of public schools. |
| Civil Rights Movement | Resulted in laws that made racial discrimination. |
| 1954 | The year the Supreme Court decided that "separate but equal" was unconstitutional. |
