Civil Rights movement in Virginia : An exhibition on display February 7 - June 19, 2004
Online exhibit the African American Civil Rights Movement in the twentieth century in Virginia with a focus on the 1950s and 1960s.
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Date of Original
2004
Subject
African Americans--Segregation--Virginia
Civil rights movements--Virginia
African Americans--Civil rights--Virginia
Hampton Institute
African American civil rights workers--Virginia
Civil rights workers--Virginia
African American universities and colleges--Virginia
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Education--Virginia
Segregation in education--Virginia
African Americans--Education
School integration--Massive resistance movement--Virginia
Passive resistance--Virginia
School closings--Virginia--Prince Edward County
Busing for school integration--Virginia
De facto school segregation--Virginia
Discrimination in public accommodations--Virginia
People
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Location
United States, Virginia, 37.54812, -77.44675
United States, Virginia, City of Danville, 36.58597, -79.39502
United States, Virginia, City of Richmond, 37.55376, -77.46026
United States, Virginia, New Kent County, 37.50514, -76.99713
United States, Virginia, Prince Edward County, 37.2243, -78.44108
Medium
text
black-and-white photographs
online exhibitions
Type
StillImage, Text
Description
Online exhibit with pictures, newspaper articles, posters, images of artifacts, political cartoons, ballots depicting the African American civil rights movement in the twentieth century, focusing on the 1950s and 1960s. Text on the site provides background to the images comprising the exhibit. One page on the site provides links to teacher resources. The exhibit contains objects from several repositories, including the Library of Congress, the Library of Virginia, the New Kent County, Virginia, School Board, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Valentine Richmond History Center, the Virginia Historical Society, the Virginia State University Archives and Special Collections, and the Virginia Department of Historic 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.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
Virginia Historical Society
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