Martha Singo collection
| Creator | Martha Singo |
| Description | Mounted newspaper clipping from the Montgomery News Messenger, dated February 16, 1956. Article notes that there are four black students at VPI with the first student arriving in 1953. This early and quiet integration is contrasted with UVA’s later acceptance of its first black student and the violence accompanying integration in other southern states. Article also contrasts VPI’s failure to allow Negro students to live or eat on campus with UVA’s more open policies, and Virginia’s refusal at that time to allow Negroes to take courses in predominately white universities that were available in predominantly African-American universities. |
| Call number | M829 #6 |
| Date from | 20501 |
| Date to | 1956 |
| Geographic school | Blacksburg, VA |
| Size | 1 newsclipping |
| Access restrictions yes/no | no |
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| Part Of larger collection yes/no | no |
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| Repository | Virginia Tech Special Collections |
| Repository address | University Libraries, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001 |
| Repository contact name | Aaron D. Purcell |
| Repository contact title | Director, Special Collections |
| Repository contact email | specref@vt.edu |
| Repository contact phone | (540) 231-6308 |
| DoveRegion | region1 |
| Subjects | o African American students
o African Americans–Civil rights o Public schools o Race relations o School integration o Segregation in higher education o Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University o University of Virginia |
| Types | Clippings |