Jane Cooper Johnson, fourth from right, is surrounded by family members last June when an honorary street sign was erected in Richmond’s Westwood community to honor her mother, Bettie Elizabeth Boyers Cooper.
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Roland ‘Duke’ Ealey was part of legal team that helped integrate Richmond Public Schools
In 1958, Bettie Elizabeth Boyers Cooper became fed up with segregation when her daughter had to ride a bus four miles to and from Carver Elementary School rather than attend the whites-only Westhampton Elementary School that was within walking distance of their home.
