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On this site on 4-23-51, students staged a strike protesting inadequate school facilities. Led by Rev. L. Francis Griffin, their actions became part of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, which ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. To avoid desegregation, the Prince Edward County public schools were closed until 9-2-64.
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