Profiles in1962 Courage:
Integrating Loudoun’s Public Schools
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By Eugene Scheel
his new year marks the 60th anniversary of Black and White students learning together in the same Loudoun County public school classrooms. It happened in 1962 because two men of dissimilar backgrounds objected to Black citizens being relegated to second-class status.
Father Albert Pereira played a vital role in the desegregation of Middleburg’s businesses and the Loudoun County School system. Photo by Howard Allen
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MIDDLEBURG SUSTAINABLE COMMITTEE| Winter 2022
