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City honors 27 who protested after being segregated from their 1950 high school graduation

A historical marker stands to memorialize the 27 students from the 1950 graduating class of the former Walker-Grant High School in Fredericksburg, who were denied entry to the graduation ceremony. [Photo: Fredericksburg city]
Fredericksburg honored 27 students who couldn't attend their graduation ceremony because of the Jim Crow south.

In 1950, 27 students from Walker-Grant High School could not attend their graduation ceremony held at the Dorothy Hart Community Center, at 408 Canal Street in Downtown Fredericksburg.

Later, the city relented, saying they could attend their graduation but only if they promised not to use the front door while coming and going.

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