Evelyn Reid Syphax
Evelyn Reid Syphax (June 3, 1926 – March 14, 2000) was a former Arlington County, Virginia[1](p125) elementary school teacher who served as the board chair for Arlington Public Schools Board and changed Arlington County's desegregation policies to shorten bus rides.[2]
Syphax was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha and founded Arlington's Black Heritage Museum.[2]
She died at Inova Alexandria Hospital after a heart attack. By marriage, she was related to Charles Syphax and Maria Carter Syphax.[3]
References
- ↑ Graham, Lawrence Otis (2014). Our kind of people. [Place of publication not identified]: HarperCollins e-Books. ISBN 978-0-06-187081-1. OCLC 877899803. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Estrada, Louie (2000-03-20). "Evelyn Reid Syphax Dies at 83". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
- ↑ Priest, Dana (27 February 1990). "Arlington bequest a footnote in Black history". Washington Post.
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