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1st Lt. Sargent

1st Lt. Sargent

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Capitol Square offices to be named for Dr. William Ferguson ‘Fergie’ Reid

Dr. William Ferguson “Fergie” Reid, a Richmond surgeon and activist for voting rights, made history in 1967 when he won election to the House of Delegates. He was the first Black person to break through the legislature’s whites-only ranks in more than 76 years.