Vintage West Virginia; On This Day in West Virginia History, November 16th

November 16, 2022

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Vintage West Virginia

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On November 16, 1898, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals held in the case of Williams v. Board of Education of Fairfax District that schools could not discriminate against African Americans with regard to length of school term.

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