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• The Free Lance-Star, March 3, 2008
  "Squaring matters"
• The Roanoke Times, February 20, 2008
  "Kaine helps break ground for civil rights memorial"
• The Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 20, 2008
  "Honoring civil-rights figures"
• The Washington Times, February 20, 2008
  "Early civil rights heroes honored"
• The Virginian-Pilot, February 19, 2008
  "Ground broken for civil rights memorial at the state Capitol"
• WDBJ7 Roanoke, February 19, 2008 (video)
  "Virginia breaks ground for memorial to civil rights pioneers"
• The Virginian-Pilot Magazine, February 10, 2008
  "Barbara Johns: Quiet teen made a loud statement against injustice"
• The Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 9, 2008
  "T.R. Mayfield, educator, dies"
• The Virginian-Pilot, January 24, 2008
  "In push for equality, educator M. Boyd Jones stood tall"
• James Madison University, Press Release January 21, 2008
  "JMU Student Groups to Support Civil Rights Memorial"
• The Roanoke Times, August 6, 2007
  "Civil Rights Pioneer Dies - Oliver Hill 1907-2007"
• Statement of Governor Kaine on the death of Oliver Hill, August 5, 2007
• The Farmville Herald, May 22, 2007 [PDF]
  "Virginia Civil Rights Memorial's Truth is Self-Evident"
• WDBJ Roanoke, May 19, 2007
• Richmond Free Press, May 17-19, 2007 [PDF] "Rights Monument Headed for Capitol Square"
• The Virginian-Pilot, May 15, 2007
  "Civil Rights Monument will Honor Fight Led by Students"
• The Roanoke Times, May 15, 2007
  "Students Become Civics Case Study"
• Civil War Memory, May 16, 2007
  "A Monument Worthy of Virginia's Capitol"
  
• SLANTblog, May 15, 2007
  "New Virginia Civil Rights Memorial for Capitol Grounds"
• The Virginian-Pilot, May 11, 2007
  "Hill's Stature Worthy of Capitol Statue"
• The Farmville Herald, March 21, 2007 [PDF]
  "Civil Rights Heroes Immortalized"
  
• Richmond Free Press, March 8-10, 2007 [PDF] "Spotlight on Creator, Advocate for Capitol Square Civil Rights Memorial"ial"
• Roanoke Times, March 4, 2006
• The Roanoke Times, December 5, 2005