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Voices of History: John A. Stokes

May 13, 2014 4:36

In 1951, John A. Stokes led a student protest against the poor conditions in his segregated high school in Prince Edward County, Va., and later became a plaintiff in a case that was decided as part of Brown v. Board. Education Week Video

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