<p>This week in 1963... Eleven people were arrested in downtown Farmville for parading without a permit. They were demanding an end to segregation and that public schools reopen.</p>

This week in 1963... Eleven people were arrested in downtown Farmville for parading without a permit. They were demanding an end to segregation and that public schools reopen.

Week of August 4: Farmville civil rights arrests

Sure, Virginia history includes big moments, big battles, and big names. But the richer history is full of smaller events occurring in the fullness of time. The disenfranchised, the nonconformists, and just regular people making Virginia history. Week in, week out. This Week in Virginia History explores those stories, curated by Nathan Moore and culled from the vast archives at Encyclopedia Virginia.

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