UVA Law

Event Remembers First Black Law Student at UVA, UVA Law


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The Charlottesville community posthumously honored Gregory Swanson, a law student who was the first African-American student at UVA, with a ceremony at the downtown branch of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. Swanson filed a lawsuit to gain admission to UVA and was admitted in 1950, paving the way for racial integration in schools. UVA Law Dean Risa Goluboff gives remarks starting at 14:30. (Jefferson-Madison Regional Library Central Library, July 12, 2016)
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UVA LawBy University of Virginia School of Law

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