"Scroll of Honor" awarded to Virginia Foster Durr by the National Council of Negro Women, Inc.

"Scroll of Honor" awarded to Virginia Foster Durr by the National Council of Negro Women, Inc.

The certificate was presented to individuals who "dared to cross frontiers of tradition, class and race to become a crusader in political action in the interests of the common people."

Bibliographic Details
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Alabama documents
Online Access:	http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/12692

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