UVA Wise honors community advocate and black history preservationist Sandra Jones

by PHOTOS COURTESY OF UVA WISE JAY HURON
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UVA Wise Chancellor Donna P. Henry and Reverend Sandra Jones unveil the inaugural University of Virginia Memorial Bench on UVA Wise’s campus Saturday afternoon. The curved concrete bench, which overlooks the Plaza by the Lake, honors Jones as a transformational community leader.


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