Calhoun, Vivian

Authoritative Name:

Calhoun, Vivian

Biography:

Lead plaintiff in the case Vivian Calhoun et al. v. A. C. Latimer et al. (Calhoun v. Latimer); a lawsuit filed against the Atlanta, Georgia public schools in 1958 for failing to comply with the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas and end public school segregation.

Associated Subjects:

Calhoun, Vivian
Calhoun, Vivian--Trials, litigation, etc.

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of a panel of African American leaders including Georgia state senator Leroy Johnson, Reverend J. D. Grier and attorneys Horace T. Ward and William H. Alexander explaining recent demands to the Board of Education, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 September 25

Creator:

WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)

Date of Original:

1967-09-25

Collection:

WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection

Contributing Institution:

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection