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Virginia Walden Ford is the daughter of civil rights activist Virginia Walden and the founder of the Virginia Walden Scholarship Fund. Learn more about her book, her movie, and her work for school choice and education reform.
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Learn about Virginia Walden Ford's life journey from desegregating Little Rock schools to leading parent advocacy for school choice. Read her interview with Holly Kuzmich and her books on education reform.
Feb 15, 2020 · Feb. 14 2020, Updated 8:19 p.m. ET. Orange Is the New Black 's Emmy Award-winning star Uzo Aduba is back on Netflix, thanks to Miss Virginia, a movie arriving to the streaming platform on Feb. 16. The film, whose tagline is "Be brave, Be heard, Believe," tells the real-life story of a struggling single mom in a rough neighborhood in Washington ...
Nov 9, 2019 · Education has always been important to Virginia Walden Ford. As a child she was part of the process of desegregating schools in Little Rock, Arkansas. Years later, as a parent, she watched as her ...
MISS VIRGINIA is inspired by the story of Virginia Walden Ford, a struggling single mother from a low-income neighborhood in Washington, DC. Affectionately called “Miss Virginia” and “the Education Lady” by neighborhood children, Virginia fought to create a scholarship program for her at-risk son and children like him. And she won.
Feb 19, 2020 · February 19, 2020. ‘Miss Virginia’ is now on Netflix and brings a stupendous tale of grit, as one woman fights tooth and nail to change the American education system. When Virginia Walden Ford struggles to raise her son in a low-income neighborhood in Washington DC, she has no intention of seeing her boy drop out and sell drugs.
