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Virginia Civil Rights Memorial

The Virginia Civil Rights Memorial is a monument in , commemorating protests which helped bring about school desegregation in the state.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Virginia State Capitol and Old City Hall.

Government office
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The is the seat of state government of the , located in , the state capital. It houses the oldest elected legislative body in North America, the Virginia General Assembly, first established as the House of Burgesses in 1619.

Courthouse
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, known formerly as City Hall, is the former city hall of that was designed by Elijah E. Myers. It served as City Hall from its completion in 1894 through the 1970s.

Historic building
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Virginia State Library-Oliver Hill Building, also known as the State Finance Building, is a historic library and government office building located on in . is situated 390 feet south of Virginia Civil Rights Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shockoe Slip and Downtown Richmond.

Neighborhood
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is a district in the downtown area of . The name "slip" referred to a narrow passageway leading from Main Street to where goods were loaded and unloaded from the former .

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The Downtown district of includes the business district, Shockoe, Jackson Ward and Tobacco Row.

Neighborhood
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, historically known as Shockoe Valley, is an area in , just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and , contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.

Virginia Civil Rights Memorial

Latitude
37.53894° or 37° 32′ 20″ north
Longitude
-77.43261° or 77° 25′ 57″ west
Open location code
8794GHQ8+HX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 263138601
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q7934192
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