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Virginia Negroes win seats in multiple city councils
In a sweeping Virginia election, African Americans win council seats in cities including Petersburg, Roanoke, Charlottesville, Culpeper, and Danville. Incumbents in Richmond perform strongly, while Northern Virginia, Alexandria, and Chesapeake areas elect Black and biracial officials amid a larger GOP showing in Chesapeake and continued dominance by the Team of Progress in Richmond.
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Oes
Eburg
Roanoke
Charlottesville
Culpeper
Oot
Virginia
Emporia
Burkeville
Danville
Richmond
Henry Marshall
Alexandria
Chesapeake
Curtis W. Harris
Hopewell
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Virginia Beach
Frank A. Dusch
Robert B. Cromwell Jr
D. Murray Malbon
George R. Ferrell
Robert E. Summers
Martin
Summers
R. Stanley Hurst
R. Braxton Hill
W. H. Nusbaum Jr
George S. Hughes
Newport News
W. S. Peach
Peach
Don Hyatt
Noel Taylor
Robert Garland
House of Delegate
Ray Garland
Hampton Thomas
Frank Perkinson
John Boswell
Clifton Forge
Robert G. Davis Jr
Davis
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
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Firemens and Oilers Union
Elmer C. Westerman
Eugene M. Downs
Joseph P. Bond
Fred A
Ruth Harvey Charity
Charles H. Harris
Thorit T. Winstead