Not long ago, public libraries in Virginia were not so public.
Eisenhower, Josie built a case and became the catalyst for all public buildings in Virginia to desegregate..
With the help of her husband, Sam Murray, a lawyer, and even President Dwight D.
But in 1957, when she was denied the ability to check out a book from the Purcellville Library because of the color of her skin, Josie took action.
Josie was surrounded by Closed doors, barred from opportunities available to white people.
From a young age, Josie felt the supreme injustice of the Jim Crow South- ordering ice cream inside a restaurant and continuing her education beyond the seventh grade were opportunities denied to Josie during her childhood.
Murray, to challenge that.
It would take the courage of a young African-American woman, Josie C.
Not long ago, public libraries in Virginia were not so public
