In a public show of support for the racial integration of Virginia’s public schools, Gov. A. Linwood Holton escorts his daughter, Tayloe, to the first day of class at Richmond’s John F. Kennedy High School, a majority black school, in September 1970.
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When a federal court in 1970 ordered Richmond students to be bused to integrate public schools, new Virginia Gov. A. Linwood “Lin” Holton Jr. showed his sup- port by enrolling his four children and having them attend majority- Black schools.
