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Brown I and Brown II
In 1950 the NAACP decided that it would no longer file lawsuits seeking equal educational facilities, but only those that
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Byrd Family
A man driven by enormous ambition, William Byrd II of Westover was an exceptional figure in colonial America. Educated in
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Causes of the Revolution
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After 1763, Great Britain underestimated the economic and political maturity of the Americans
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Chapter I: Youth
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Chapter II: Military Service
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Chapter III: At the Bar
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Chapter IV: In the State Legislature (1782-1788)
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Chapter IX: In Mr. Adam’s Cabinet (1800-1801)
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Chapter V: In the Constitutional Convention of Virginia (1788)
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Chapter VI: Return to the Bar (1788-1797)
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Chapter VII: The French Mission (1797-1798)
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Chapter VIII: In Congress (1799-1800)
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Chapter X: Chief Justice (1801-1835)
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Chapter XI: Trial of Aaron Burr for High Treason (1806-1807)
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Chapter XII: The “Life of Washington” (1800-1806)
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Chapter XIII: In the Virginia State Convention (1829)
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Chapter XIV: Opinions, Personal Traits (1832-1835)
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Chapter XV: Death
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Chief Anne Richardson — Fighting for Virginia’s Indians
As chief of the Rappahannock Tribe since 1998, Chief Anne Richardson (b. 1956) was the first woman to lead a Virginia Indian
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Chief Justice
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