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Va. News: Lacks commemoration, Loudon County honors Union hero

Credit: VPAP

A Black woman from Roanoke who died 70 years ago will be officially commemorated for her importance to medical research. And Loudon County is honoring the first Black man to fire a shot for the Union in the Civil War. Those have been among the most read stories over the past week at the Virginia Public Access Project’s Va. News link.

More now from Fred Echols and Edie Gross.

This entry was posted on February 27, 2023, 5:00 am and is filed under Virginia's News. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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