Durr, Virginia Foster

Authoritative Name:
Durr, Virginia Foster
Biography:
Birmingham, Alabama native, wife of Clifford Durr (who served in the Roosevelt administration's Federal Communications Commission), and sister-in-law of Supreme Court justice Hugo Black. Active in the Women's Democratic Committee, once vice chairman of the National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax, and a leader in the Southern Conference on Human Welfare, Durr ran for a U.S. Senate seat from Virginia on the Progressive Party ticket in 1948. Durr, a friend of Parks, attended civil rights meetings, opened her home to out-of-state students who came to take part in voter registration drives, and posted bail for Rosa Parks after her arrest for refusing to go to the back of the bus. In 1954, she was brought before Mississippi Democratic Sen. James O. Eastland's International Security Subcommittee, which corresponded to the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Associated Subjects:
Durr, Virginia Foster
Durr, Virginia Foster--Interviews
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

18 items in 9 collections (expand all)

Interview with Anne Braden, November 10, 1994

Creator:
Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
Date of Original:
1994-11-10
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

Interview with Robert Zellner, November 3, 1990

Creator:
Zellner, Bob
Date of Original:
1990-11-03
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

Modern Civil Rights Movement in Alabama

Creator:
Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973-
Date of Original:
2008-06-17
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Creator:
Burns, Stewart
Date of Original:
2008-06-09
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Virginia Foster Durr

Creator:
Woodham, Rebecca
Date of Original:
2008-06-13
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Durr, Virginia

Creator:
Durr, Virginia Foster
Date of Original:
1976
Collection:
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Oral History Collection
Contributing Institution:
Mervyn H. Sterne Library