Mapping local knowledge, Danville, Va., 1945-75

Mapping local knowledge, Danville, Va., 1945-75

Creator The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
Description Approximately thirty oral histories explore the civil rights movement in Danville, Virginia. Particular emphasis is placed on the sit-in at the Danville Public Library and subsequent court case that eventually led to the desegregation of the library
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Date from 1998
Date to 2005
Geographic school Danville, VA
Size 30 oral histories
Access restrictions yes/no
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Part Of larger collection yes/no
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URL http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/cslk/danville/index.html
Repository The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
Repository address Alderman Library, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400115, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4115
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Repository contact title The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
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Repository contact phone (434) 924-4527
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American political activists

o    African American politicians

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia School integration

Types o    Manuscripts

o    Photographs

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts

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