The Laborers

Historical marker location:

2325 Blue Ridge Tunnel Trail, Afton, Virginia

( Marker is on Blue Ridge Tunnel Trail, 0.4 miles west of Afton Depot Lane, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2020

The Blue Ridge Tunnel.

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.