- Collection:
- Civil Rights Movement in Virginia : An Exhibition on Display February 7 - June 19, 2004
- Title:
- Introduction : Civil rights movement in Virginia
- Contributor to Resource:
- Library of Congress
- Date of Original:
- 2004
- Subject:
- African Americans--Segregation--Virginia
Civil rights movements--Virginia
African Americans--Civil rights--Virginia
African American civil rights workers--Virginia
Civil rights workers--Virginia
Segregation in education--Virginia
Passive resistance--Virginia
Police brutality--Virginia--Richmond - Location:
- United States, Virginia, City of Richmond, 37.55376, -77.46026
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
online exhibitions - Type:
- StillImage
Text - Description:
- Introduction to the online exhibit depicting the African American civil rights movement in the twentieth century, focusing on the 1950s and 1960s. Text on the site provides background to Virginia's experience with the Civil Rights movement as well as its influence on the movement around the country. The page includes one black-and-white photograph of police dragging a protester from a store from the Virginia Historical Society and the Library of Congress
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://virginiahistory.org/learn/historical-book/civil-rights-movement-virginia
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Civil Rights Movement in Virginia Collection (Virginia Historical Society)
- Contributing Institution:
- Virginia Historical Society
- Rights:
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