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One Woman’s Opinion: Can We Recover? Part 3.
By Mary Wakefield Buxton Urbanna, Va.— The last speaker on the panel during the program on integrating area public schools presented in Saluda last month was the upbeat Anthony Green. The second of three sons of Dr. Calvin Green, the man who had initiated the lawsuit...
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One Woman’s Opinion: Can We Recover? Part 2.
By Mary Wakefield Buxton Urbanna, Va.— My husband Chip asked me last week why talk about past pain that area citizens suffered. Because the only way for us to recover from it is to acknowledge it, I responded. After the film "Green v. New Kent County" that was shown...
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One Woman’s Opinion: Can We Recover? Part 1.
By Mary Wakefield Buxton Urbanna, Va.— Seldom have I been so upset at hearing what my fellow Americans relate as I was this month. But I was on the verge of tears as a panel of elderly area blacks recounted a few weeks ago at the Middlesex Historical Courthouse in...
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Charles C. Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, 391 U.S. 430 (1968)
Charles C. Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, 391 U.S. 430 (1968) by the Honorable Patricia Polson Satterfield, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York (Ret.) “When this opinion is handed down, the traffic light will have changed from Brown...
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Packed House for “The Green Light”
The Middlesex County Historic Courthouse was filled to capacity on Sunday, January 6, 2019 for the screening of the film trailer, “The Green Light: Fulfilling the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education.”
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Middlesex Museum Announces Strong Men and Women Exhibition, Middlesex Native Calvin Coolidge Green is Featured
The Middlesex County Museum and Historical Society, Inc. will host the 2018 Strong Men and Women in Virginia History traveling exhibition from December 27, 2018 through January 10, 2019.
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Homegrown Heroes: Stories of Middlesex County’s Greatest Generation
The Museums of Middlesex (MOM) 2018 film – Homegrown Heroes: Stories of Middlesex County’s Greatest Generation – profiles Middlesex County decorated veterans Raymond W. Burrell and Norton Hurd and family members of Beryl Newman.
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BOOK FOR SALE: Historic Buildings in Middlesex County, Virginia
Did you know the Middlesex Museum has copies of “Historic Buildings in Middlesex County Virginia 1650-1875” in stock and available for purchase in the museum or online? Buy now here and we’ll ship it directly to you!
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Urbanna’s Past Revealed through Archaeology
The community is invited to attend a FREE program Saturday, October 27 at 10 a.m. to view the on-site findings from an archaeological dig at the Old Customs House, now known as Sandwich.
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TRUE or FALSE: Middlesex County was once part of an Indian Reservation?
Was Middlesex County was once part of an Indian Reservation? This author thinks YES, but please read on and make up your own mind.
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