Letter from the Editor
This issue of 1619: Journal of African American Studies features the research and analysis of Virginia’s education policies that supported the systems of structured inequality that continue to impact the lives and futures of African American and low-income students in the Commonwealth. As the controversy over the teaching of critical race theory roils in the politics of many school districts throughout the nation, this article demonstrates the use of historical facts to demonstrate the long-term impact and reality of legal constructs on inequality. While political...
