Tag: May 1958

  • Leona Buchholz, School Segregation, Virginia 1958

    Leona Buchholz, School Segregation, Virginia 1958

    May 1, 1958, was a day of reckoning for the Virginia state government as the deadline for filing and paying state income taxes loomed large. But in the midst of the chaos, a sinister plot was brewing in Arlington, Virginia. A group of 23 influential community leaders, including County Board member Leona Buchholz, had banded…