Alfred W. Harris: Introduced the Bill that Chartered Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute

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Alfred W. Harris: Introduced the Bill that Chartered Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute

Alfred W. Harris introduced the bill that chartered Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute (later Virginia State University) during his time in the House of Delegates (1881–1888). Harris was born enslaved in Fairfax County, during the American Civil War (1861–1865) his family moved to Alexandria, where he attended a school operated by the Bureau of Refugees, […]

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