0207 FRONT Viola Pearson

Posted 2/6/12

File photoViola Clark Pearson said one of the proudest moments of her 102 years was accepting the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004 on behalf of her late husband, Levi Pearson. The couple set the desegregation of America's public schools in motion in …

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