Legal files from civil rights attorney Roland J. ‘Duke’ Ealey, discovered during a 2018 home renovation in Richmond’s Jackson Ward neighborhood. The Ealey Project is working to preserve and digitize the documents, which span 1940 to 1992, to highlight his role in civil rights.
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Ealey Project seeks public help to preserve civil rights leader’s legacy
A stash of moldy boxes uncovered during a home renovation in Jackson Ward sparked a years-long effort to preserve the legacy of Roland J. “Duke” Ealey, a civil rights attorney and former Virginia state delegate whose work spanned pivotal moments in school desegregation, voting rights and criminal justice.
