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24 february 1999 american 06 august 1903 clifford durr virginia foster durr.jpg virginia foster durr
 virginia foster durr
virginia foster durr

virginia foster durr -lrb- august 6 , 1903 -- february 24 , 1999 -rrb- was an american and a white civil rights activist and lobbyist .
she was born in birmingham , alabama in 1903 to dr. sterling foster , an alabama presbyterian minister , and ann patterson foster .
at 22 she married lawyer clifford durr , with whom she had 5 children , one of whom died in infancy .
durr was a close friend of rosa parks and eleanor roosevelt , and was sister-in-law -lrb- through her sister 's marriage -rrb- to and a good friend of supreme court justice hugo black who sat on many crucial civil rights cases .
she was inducted into the alabama women 's hall of fame in 2006 .
