SPECIAL SESSION I ENROLLED SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 693 Commending the Hanover Eight.

Nov 4, 2025 | Our History and Future

Agreed to by the Senate, October 27, 2025

WHEREAS, in 2025, Hanover County Public Schools honored the courage and enduring legacy of the

Hanover Eight, the first eight Black students to attend previously all-white schools in Hanover County; and

WHEREAS, in the early 1960s, Black students in Hanover County attended the segregated John M.

Gandy High School in Ashland, and students from outlying areas were forced to travel great distances to and

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