Change comes slowly to tradition-steeped Virginia Military Institute. It was the last of Virginia’s public colleges to become racially integrated when five African Americans matriculated at VMI in 1968. It took a decade-long legal fight that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court before VMI admitted its first ...
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RC JUNIOR attackman John Brooke fires a shot on goal during the Wildcats’ 17-3 loss to Western Albemarle. Brooke scored RC’s first goal and had an assist. (Stephanie Mikels Blevins photo)