Middle Neck News

Historic Marker Memorialized Landmark Lancaster Man

The Virginia Department of Historic Resources installed a highway marker at the intersection of Route 3 and Route 651 in Kilmarnock to memorialize the Northern Neck’s first black physician. Dr. Morgan E. Norris was a Lancaster native and the marker is located at the place where he practiced medicine beginning in 1928. Dr. Norris also led a campaign to build the first elementary school for black children in the Northern Neck and pioneered free bus transportation for black students.

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