Resources for Research on the Desegregation of Virginia Schools

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Malcolm H. Stern Papers

Malcolm H. Stern Papers 

Creator Malcolm H. Stern
Description In 1947 Malcolm H. Stern was elected Rabbi of Congregation Ohef Shalom in Norfolk, Virginia, serving there for 17 years. While in Norfolk, Stern spoke out strongly against segregation. His papers regarding this subject is located in Series B. Correspondence, 1950-1993 Norfolk Integration, 1956-1959, of the Malcolm H. Stern papers.
Call number Manuscript Collection No. 626
Date from 1956
Date to 1959
Geographic school Norfolk, VA
Size 1 folder
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Repository American Jewish Archives
Repository address 3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220
Repository contact name Kevin Proffitt
Repository contact title
Repository contact email http://americanjewisharchives.org/collections/ask/
Repository contact phone (513) 221-1875
DoveRegion (outside of Virginia)
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School closings

o    School integration

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    Segregation in education

o    Ohef Sholom Temple (Norfolk, Va.)

o    Rabbis –United States –Correspondence

o    Stern, Malcolm H.
Types Correspondence
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AFSC Work in the Prince Edward County Virginia School Closing Issue

AFSC Work in the Prince Edward County Virginia School Closing Issue

Creator American Friends Service Committee
Description The material provides details about the Emergency Student Placement Program as well as some locally organized activities in Farmville, Virginia. Many of the documents represent observations about events and conditions associated with the Prince Edward County school closing issue. These may be of particular interest to historians, journalists, documentary producers, educators, legal authorities, among others, especially as they bear on the origin and history of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 school desegregation decision and subsequent civil rights developments.
Call number none
Date from 1959
Date to 1965
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size unknown
Access restrictions yes/no yes
Access restrictions Researchers must apply for access
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URL http://webarchive.afsc.org/archives/princeedward/princeed.htm
Repository American Friends Service Committee
Repository address 1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102
Repository contact name American Friends Service Committee
Repository contact title American Friends Service Committee
Repository contact email info@afsc.org
Repository contact phone (215) 241-7000
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School closings

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    Segregation in education

o    Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education–Trials, litigation, etc.

o    American Friends Service Committee
Types o    Annual reports

o    Correspondence

o    Minutes

o    Narrative

o    Organizational Records
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School photographs of African American school buildings, schoolteachers, administrators, and students.

School photographs of African American school buildings, schoolteachers, administrators, and students.

Creator Unknown
Description Schools photographs of African American school buildings, schoolteachers, administrators, and students. Also includes some sports teams. Includes the following schools: John Adams; Charles Houston; Cora Kelly; Hallowell; Jefferson-Houston Elementary; Mount Vernon Elementary; Mount Vernon High; Parker-Gray Middle; Parker-Gray High; Snowden; T.C. Williams High. These photos may contain photos of school life before desegregation.
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Date from 1920
Date to 1990
Geographic school Alexandria, VA
Size 34 photographs
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URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/apl/vaallhs00010.frame
Repository Alexandria Library, Special Collections/Local History
Repository address 717 Queen Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2420
Repository contact name George Combs
Repository contact title Local History/Special Collections-Branch Manager
Repository contact email lhsc@alexandria.lib.va.us
Repository contact phone (703) 746-1706
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    Segregation in education
Types Photographs
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Jefferson School oral history project

Jefferson School oral history project

Creator Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society.
Description This project includes a collection of oral histories with people associated with the Jefferson School, Charlottesville’s first African-American high school. The project generated thirty interviews.
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Date from 2002
Date to
Geographic school Charlottesville, VA
Size 2 volumes
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URL http://ppiedmont.squarespace.com/projects/2009/12/2/jefferson-school-oral-history-project.html
Repository Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
Repository address McIntire Building, 200 Second Street NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902-5245
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society.
Repository contact email info@albemarlehistory.org
Repository contact phone (434) 296-7294
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Education

o    Civil rights movements

o    School integration–Virginia–Charlottesville

o    Segregation in education
Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts