- Collection:
- Civil Rights Movement in Virginia : An Exhibition on Display February 7 - June 19, 2004
- Title:
- The closing of Prince Edward County's schools
- Creator:
- Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia State University. Library. Archives and Special Collections - Date of Original:
- 2004
- Subject:
- 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
Passive resistance--Virginia
Public school closings--Virginia--Prince Edward County - Location:
- United States, Virginia, Prince Edward County, 37.2243, -78.44108
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
online exhibitions - Type:
- StillImage
Text - Description:
- Section of online exhibit focusing on the closing from 1959 through 1964 of Prince Edward County public schools to avoid court-ordered integration and the formation of private, white-only academies. The page includes three black-and-white photographs and a digital image of a Prince Edward Academy jacket from the Virginia Historical Society, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Virginia State University Archives and Special Collections.
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/chapter/closing-prince-edward-countys-schools
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Civil Rights Movement in Virginia Collection (Virginia Historical Society)
- Contributing Institution:
- Virginia Historical Society
- Rights: