John Arthur Stokes
John Arthur Stokes was a prominent figure in the civil rights movement.[1] He grew up in the Jim Crow South and attended Robert Russa Moton High School, a segregated school for African Americans. Recognizing the inequalities he and his classmates faced, Stokes staged a walk out and refused to return to class until the school was rebuilt. He attended Virginia State University and became an educator in Baltimore, MD. [2]
References
- ↑ "Interview with John A. Stokes". VCU Libraries. Virginia Commonwealth University. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ↑ http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/trailblazers/2011/stokes.htm
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