Late civil rights attorney Samuel W. Tucker will be honored with a historical marker in Emporia where he worked as the only Black lawyer in Southside Virginia from 1946 to the early 1960s.
Rodney D. Pierce, a research historian who teaches middle school social studies in the Northampton County School system submitted the application for the marker in October and was notified last week that the Virginia Board of Historic Resources has given approval to honor the Alexandria native.
“For someone of Mr. Tucker’s stature to not have a marker in the commonwealth was a travesty,” Pierce said. “I’m elated we are going to change that.”
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