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Education

An educated citizenry is vital to the functioning of a democracy. As Virginia became a more democratic society, educational opportunities expanded and played an increasingly important role in our cultural fabric. Key moments in Virginia’s rich history of education include: the founding of the second oldest college in the country (College of William and Mary) in 1693, the battles over school desegregation with court cases such as Brown v. Board of Education (1954) during the civil rights movement, and the admission of women to the Virginia Military Institute in 1997.   

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16,000 BCE to 1622 CE
A Land of Opportunity: Creating Virginia
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1623 to 1763
A Distant Dominion
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1764 to 1824
From British Colony to American State
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1825 to 1860
Challenge of a New Century
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1861 to 1876
Civil War and Reconstruction
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1877 to 1924
Virginia in the New South
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1925 to Today
Dynamic Dominion

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