Thomas S. Bocock

Historical marker location:

Vera, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Old Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 24) and Old Grist Mill Road and Wildway Road (County Route 616), on the right when traveling west on Old Courthouse Road.)

Marker installed: 2000

In 1954, the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional, originated from a lawsuit filed by parents in Virginia.