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Virginia Heard <I>Foster</I> Durr

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Virginia Heard Foster Durr

Birth
Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA
Death
24 Feb 1999 (aged 95)
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.37321, Longitude: -86.26411
Plot
Section 3
Memorial ID
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Virginia Foster Durr (August 6, 1903 - February 24, 1999) was a white American civil rights activist and lobbyist.

She was the daughter of Sterling Johnson Foster and Anne Elizabeth (Patterson) Foster.

She was married to lawyer Clifford Judkins Durr, who shared her ideals, was close friends with Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt, and was sister-in-law (though her sister's marriage) to and good friends with Supreme Court Chief Justice Hugo Black who sat on many crucial civil rights cases.
Virginia Foster Durr (August 6, 1903 - February 24, 1999) was a white American civil rights activist and lobbyist.

She was the daughter of Sterling Johnson Foster and Anne Elizabeth (Patterson) Foster.

She was married to lawyer Clifford Judkins Durr, who shared her ideals, was close friends with Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt, and was sister-in-law (though her sister's marriage) to and good friends with Supreme Court Chief Justice Hugo Black who sat on many crucial civil rights cases.


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