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Viola Duvall Stewart

1919–2010

United States

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Viola Duvall Stewart (June 30, 1919 – December 10, 2010) was a teacher and educational advocate who fought for equal education for black students and equal pay for black teachers. The case, Viola Louise Duvall et al. V.J.F. Seignous, which was argued and won by Thurgood Marshall, was among the precedents that led to the landmark Brown vs.

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