Articles by Teresa Moore
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Commentary,
Betty Shavers, as told to Teresa Moore,
Jan 19, 2009
As a black woman who lived through the civil rights struggle in Danville, Va. — best known as the "Last Capitol of the Confederacy" — Betty Shavers never imagined she'd see an African American be elected president.
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