Ferdinand T. Day Trailblazer/Civil Rights Activist

Ferdinand T. Day
Trailblazer / Civil Rights Activist
Ferdinand T. Day, born August 7, 1918, was the Alexandria native selected as the first African American Chairman of a public school board in the State of Virginia, when he became Chairman of the Alexandria School Board in 1964. In 1985 he was selected by the Secretary of Education to assist in further implementation of the Virginia desegregation plan for higher education.