AdvertisementBy The Virginian-PilotFeb 07, 2021 at 9:05 amNorfolk desegregated its schools 62 years ago last week.The first Black teenager to set foot in the formerly all-white Maury High School, Louis Cousins, always wanted people to know he didn’t integrate the school, as some would tell him he had done.AdvertisementHe desegregated it.There’s a big difference, his friend told The Virginian-Pilot last year .AdvertisementCousins was one of just 17 Black students, and the fight to open the schoolhouse doors to them was a pitched battle. The state closed schools for nearly a year rather than...…AdvertisementBy The Virginian-PilotFeb 07, 2021 at 9:05 amNorfolk desegregated its schools 62 years ago last week.The first Black teenager to set foot in the formerly all-white Maury High School, Louis Cousins, always wanted people to know he didn’t integrate the school, as some would tell him he had done.AdvertisementHe desegregated it.There’s a big difference, his friend told The Virginian-Pilot last year .AdvertisementCousins was one of just 17 Black students, and the fight to open the schoolhouse doors to them was a pitched battle. The state closed schools for nearly a year rather than...WW…

By Jan 21, 2021 at 11:41 amAdvertisementNorfolk — Norfolk’s segregation isn’t hard to see.The city is close to half Black and half white, according to the most recent Census data.But there aren’t a lot of neighborhoods where you see that kind of split. By and large, there are Black neighborhoods and there are white neighborhoods, especially in the older core of Norfolk.Decisions made 60, 80 or 100 years ago segregated neighborhoods by race and deprived Black residents of economic and educational resources afforded to those in white neighborhoods.Many Black residents were left trapped in...…By Jan 21, 2021 at 11:41 amAdvertisementNorfolk — Norfolk’s segregation isn’t hard to see.The city is close to half Black and half white, according to the most recent Census data.But there aren’t a lot of neighborhoods where you see that kind of split. By and large, there are Black neighborhoods and there are white neighborhoods, especially in the older core of Norfolk.Decisions made 60, 80 or 100 years ago segregated neighborhoods by race and deprived Black residents of economic and educational resources afforded to those in white neighborhoods.Many Black residents were left trapped in...WW…