The Henrico Citizen

New YMCA aquatic center named for Fairfield supervisor Thornton


As a college student, Fairfield District Supervisor Frank Thornton attended the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 28, 1963. It drew a quarter-million people, who came to advocate for equality in society and in the workplace for Blacks. It would have been a monumental event even without a speech about a dream given by a Christian minister named […]

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