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Louis Cousins: How a brave 15-year-old desegregated schools in Virginia in 1959

Louis Cousins: How a brave 15-year-old desegregated schools in Virginia in 1959

Before 15-year-old Louis Cousins rose to national prominence as one of the Norfolk 17, he was among the 151 Black students who applied to access second-cycle education in all-white Maury High School in 1958. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) contested the decision by the schools in Norfolk to reject all…

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