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This is an interview with Cheryl Butler McDonald, covering her experiences at Virginia Tech, including an audio file and a transcript.

Johnnie Miles was one of the first black female academic faculty at Virginia Tech

This is a 1996 interview with Marguerite Laurette Harper Scott covering her childhood and her experiences at Virginia Tech as one of the first six black women at admitted in 1966. It includes the audio file and a transcript.

This is a transcript of an interview with Dr. LaVerne "Freddie" Hairston Higgins, detailing her experiences at Virginia Tech, including an audio file and a transcript.

This is an interview with Marva Lajeune Felder, detailing her experiences at Virginia Tech, including an audio file and a transcript.

This is an interview with Jacquelyn "Jackie" Butler Blackwell, describing her experiences at Virginia Tech, including and audio file and a transcript

This is an interview with Elaine Dowe Carter, describing her experiences at Virginia Tech, including an audio file and a transcript.

Linda Adams (now Hoyle) was the first Black Woman to Graduate from Virginia Tech.

The goal of this site is to organize gathered historical information about Blacksburg, VA and the surrounding Montgomery County. The site features helpful primary online sources, provides a platform for document transcriptions, captures local history…