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Virginia lawmaker calls for commission to study universities’ history of uprooting Black communities

November 17, 2023
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State Delegate Delores McQuinn said a task force could shed light on the impact of college expansion in Virginia. Officials are also calling for displaced families to receive redress, from scholarships to reparations. By Brandi Kellam and Louis Hansen, Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO A Virginia state representative has called for creating a

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