First black students to integrate Virginia public school reunite 57 years later

Gloria Thompson, Ronald Deskins, Lance Newman and Michael Jones were 12 years old in 1959 when they became the first black students to integrate a school in Virginia

Deskins, Newman and Jones reunited on Tuesday at their old school at a Black History Month celebration, where they spoke to current students there

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"I think our parents were more worried or afraid than we were," Newman told a crowd of students Read more...

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