Gov. Terry R. McAuliffe greets Joan Johns Cobbs, sister of Barbara Johns, as the portrait of Barbara Johns is placed on the left during the dedication ceremony of the Barbara Johns Building in Richmond on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. 11/29/2020: Heroine of the Prince Edward County school desegregation lawsuit, Barbara Rose Johns should be considered as a replacement for the Robert E. Lee statue at the U.S. Capitol. SHARON WOHLMUTH A portrait of Barbara Johns, painted by Richmond artist Louis Briel, was unveiled in the Virginia State Capitol on Sept. 17, 2010. Johns was a 16-year-old student in Farmville when she led a protest against shoddy conditions at the all-black R.R. Moton High School in Farmville in 1951. The students filed a lawsuit that became part of the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the U. S. Supreme Court. The high court unanimously struck down the doctrine of "separate but equal" 65 years ago on May 17, 1954. The portrait is now located at the Moton Museum in Farmville. BOB BROWN/TIMES-DISPATCH A portrait of Barbara Johns, painted by Richmond artist Louis Briel, was unveiled in the state Capitol in 2010. A portrait of Barbara Johns, painted by Richmond artist Louis Briel, was unveiled in the Virginia State Capitol on Sept. 17, 2010. Johns was a 16-year-old student in Farmville when she led a protest against shoddy conditions at the all-black R.R. Moton High School in Farmville in 1951. The students filed a lawsuit that became part of the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the U. S. Supreme Court. The high court unanimously struck down the doctrine of "separate but equal" 65 years ago on May 17, 1954. The portrait is now located at the Moton Museum in Farmville. BOB BROWN/TIMES-DISPATCH A portrait of Barbara Johns, painted by Richmond artist Louis Briel, was unveiled in the state Capitol in 2010. Gov. Terry R. McAuliffe greets Joan Johns Cobbs, sister of Barbara Johns, as the portrait of Barbara Johns is placed on the left during
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A state panel on Wednesday recommended that a statue of teenage civil rights heroine Barbara Rose Johns replace Virginia’s Robert E. Lee statue at the U.S. Capitol.
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