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| Creator: | Catsam, Derek C. |
| Title: | Massive Resistance |
| Date: | 1951-1968 |
| Description: | Entry on massive resistance, a policy adopted in 1956 by Virginia's state government to block the desegregation of public schools mandated Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. Includes photographs, a brief list of suggested readings, sound recordings, and a timeline. |
| Types: | Articles | Black-and-white photographs | Sound recordings | Portraits | Timelines (chronologies) |
| Subjects: | Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966 | Stanley, Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson), 1890-1970 | African Americans--Segregation--Virginia | Civil rights movements--Virginia | African Americans--Civil rights--Virginia | Education--Virginia | Segregation in education--Virginia | African Americans--Education | School integration--Massive resistance movement--Virginia | Virginia |
| Collection: | Encyclopedia Virginia |
| Institution: | Virginia Foundation for the Humanities |
| Contributors: | Virginia Foundation for the Humanities |
| Online Publisher: | Charlottesville, Va. : Virginia Foundation for the Humanities | 2011 |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Massive_Resistance |
