"Teens staged sit-ins at Fredericksburg lunch counters during the 1960s, demanding that they be served like their white peers."
Photo and caption courtesy of the Free Lance-Star
Venus Jones, first African-American graduate, senior photo
The Battlefield 1968, pg. 88
"Dorthea and Cynthia Montague became the first black students at Stafford County Elementary School in1961."
Photos and caption courtesy of the Free Lance-Star
Sickle Cell Anemia benefit hosted byAfro-American Association
The Battlefield 1973, pg 50
MWC students and faculty picket in front of the Federal Circuit Court building in Fredericksburg in support of the Voting Rights Bill.
The Bullet 03/20/65
“Quest for Equal Opportunities” cartoon-
The Bullet 04/17/67
Claudith Holmes, first president of the Afro-American Association-
The Battlefield 1970, pg 139
Bobbie Lee Smith, Jr., ’80, first African American male MWC graduate, shown in Afro-American Association photo
The Battlefield 1978, pg 262
Afro-American Association Black Culture Week Opening Ritual. 1978
Special Collections, Simpson Library
"Virginia Backward” cartoon-
The Bullet 03/06/67
