- Collection:
- Teaching with Historic Places
- Title:
- New Kent School and the George W. Watkins School : from freedom of choice to integration
- Date of Original:
- 2003/2018
- Subject:
- Segregation--United States
Segregation in education--United States
Segregation in education--Virginia--New Kent County
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
School integration--United States
School integration--Virginia--New Kent County
School integration--Massive resistance movement
School integration--Massive resistance movement--Virginia--New Kent County
Civil rights movements--United States
African Americans--Education--Virginia--New Kent County
African Americans--Education
Historic sites--Virginia--New Kent County
United States. Supreme Court
New Kent County (Va.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc.
Green, Charles C.--Trials, litigation, etc. - People:
- Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961
Green, Charles C. - Location:
- United States, Virginia, New Kent County, 37.50514, -76.99713
United States, Virginia, New Kent County, New Kent, 37.51765, -76.97886 - Medium:
- instructional materials
maps (documents)
photographs
texts (document genres)
web sites
lesson plans
teaching guides - Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Web site providing a lesson plan about the 1968 Green v. School Board of New Kent County (Virginia) United States Supreme Court decision which overturned a local "freedom-of-choice" school desegregation plan, ruling that such plans tend to be ineffective at achieving integration. The lesson plan includes an introductory question, historical context; a map of New Kent County, Virginia; readings relating to the Supreme Court case; photographs from the traditionally white New Kent School and the traditionally African American George W. Watkins School; a list of activities; and a list of supplementary resources.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.nps.gov/articles/new-kent-school-and-the-george-w-watkins-school-from-freedom-of-choice-to-integration-teaching-with-historic-places.htm
- Contributing Institution:
- United States. National Park Service
- Rights:
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