Virginia Foster Durr

Durr in 1948 Virginia Foster Durr (August 6, 1903 – February 24, 1999) was an American civil rights activist and lobbyist. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1903 to Dr. Sterling Foster, an Alabama Presbyterian minister, and Ann Patterson Foster. At 22 she married lawyer Clifford Durr, with whom she had 5 children, one of whom died in infancy. Durr was a close friend of Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt, and was sister-in-law (through her sister's marriage) of Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, who sat on many crucial civil rights cases. Her circle of friends extended to Alger Hiss. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 2006. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Freedom writer : Virginia Foster Durr, letters from the civil rights years by Durr, Virginia Foster

    New York : Routledge, 2003
    Format: Book


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    Outside the magic circle : the autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr by Durr, Virginia Foster

    University, AL : University of Alabama Press, 1985
    Format: Book


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    Freedom writer : the letters of Virginia Foster Durr by Durr, Virginia Foster

    New York : Routledge, 2003
    Format: Book