Va. Governor Vows $2M in Integration Fund

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Va. Governor Vows $2M in Integration Fund

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia's governor pledged $2 million Wednesday to fund scholarships for students denied an education when public schools across the state closed rather than integrate in the late 1950s.

Gov. Mark R. Warner signed a bill creating the program, then told nearly 200 black residents from Prince Edward County gathered on the steps of the Capitol that "Virginia got it wrong, we got it incredibly wrong."

The county in south central Virginia was the site of the longest school shutdown in the country to avoid racial integration, from 1959-1964.

Warner spokeswoman Ellen Qualls said about 250 to 350 former students, now middle-aged, could receive several thousand dollars each. The money could be used toward a high school diploma, a GED certificate, career or technical training, or an undergraduate degree from a Virginia college.

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[Poor Richard]

1. Im almost embarassed to live in the Commonwealth sometimes

was it always such a freeper heaven? I don't remember it being this bad.

Although at the turn of the century Va, especially UVA was at the forefront if the eugenics movement.