a lifetime member of the NAACP. Death and legacy On July 3, 2012, Miller died in her Norfolk home from stomach cancer, one day shy of her 78th birthday. She was named among the African American Trailblazers in Virginia History, and in 2013 Gov. McDonnell consolidated the academic campuses at correctional centers operated by the state's Division of Juvenile Justice and renamed them in her honor. The Virginia Poverty Law Center also in 2014 won an award named to honor Sen. Miller. Norfolk State University also established an award to honor her service. Notes (Constituent/campaign website) References External links Washington Post – Senate District 5 Race 1934 births 2012 deaths Democratic Party Virginia state senators Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates Norfolk State University alumni Norfolk State University faculty Teachers College, Columbia University alumni University of Pittsburgh alumni Women state legislators in Virginia Virginia State University alumni African-American women in politics Deaths from stomach cancer Deaths from cancer in Virginia Politicians from Norfolk, Virginia People from Edenton, North Carolina Schoolteachers from Virginia 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians African-American state legislators in Virginia 20th-century American women politicians 21st-century American women politicians American women academics 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American politicians 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American politicians