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Subject Public school closings--Virginia--Prince Edward County

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1. The closing of Prince Edward County's schools

Creator:: Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia State University. Library. Archives and Special Collections
Date of Original:: 2004
Collection:: Civil Rights Movement in Virginia : An Exhibition on Display February 7 - June 19, 2004
Contributing Institution:: Virginia Historical Society

2. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of citizens commenting on the closure of public schools and education for African Americans in Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1962 July 27

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1962-07-27
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

3. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Georgia attorney general Eugene Cook speaking about a U.S. Department of Justice case against Prince Edward County, Virginia, county government which had closed public schools to avoid court-ordered integration, Atlanta, Georgia, 1961 May 23

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-05-23
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

4. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Governor Ernest Vandiver commenting on the actions of Attorney General Robert Kennedy in the Prince Edward County school case, Atlanta, Georgia, 1961 May 9

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-05-09
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

5. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of reporter Ray Moore interviewing Roy R. Pearson, administrator for the Prince Edward School Foundation, about the private school system set up for white students in Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1960 February 29

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1960-02-29
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

6. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of an unidentified man commenting on the progress of school desegregation in the South and the closing of schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1959 September

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1959-09
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection