RICHMOND, Va. (AP) 鈥� Gov. Ralph Northam has dedicated a set of newly renovated historic state buildings in Richmond in honor of one of Virginia鈥檚 most prominent and oldest living civil rights leaders.
A set of three now-gleaming historic houses on Capitol Square was dedicated 鈥淩eid鈥檚 Row鈥� on Friday.
They will honor of Dr. William Ferguson 鈥淔ergie鈥� Reid. Reid in 1967 became the first African American elected to the General Assembly after Reconstruction.
He also co-founded the voting rights group Richmond Crusade for Voters in 1956. He is now 96 and lives in California.
The dedication was part of a ceremony marking the completion and naming of other projects around the historic Capitol Square.
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