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 [Portsmouth, Virginia, civil rights oral history project]

 [Portsmouth, Virginia, civil rights oral history project] 

Creator Cinebar Productions, Inc.
Description This project consists of videotaped interviews of people prominent in the Portsmouth, Virginia, civil rights movement. School desegregation, civil rights demonstrations, and other matters were discussed. James W. Holley, Portsmouth’s first black mayor, was interviewed.
Call number
Date from 2007
Date to
Geographic school Portsmouth, VA
Size approximately 8 videorecordings
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.cinebarproductions.com/index.php
Repository Cinebar Productions, Inc.
Repository address 763 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Suite 1-C, Newport News, VA 23601
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Cinebar Productions, Inc.
Repository contact email http://www.cinebarproductions.com/contact/
Repository contact phone (757) 873-3232
DoveRegion region3
Subjects o    African American politicians

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights demonstrations

o    Civil rights movements

o    Civil rights workers

o    Portsmouth (Va.)

o    School integration
Types o    Interviews

o    Video recordings
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Carver-Price oral history project 

Carver-Price oral history project

Creator Carver-Price Legacy Museum
Description Twenty-one oral histories examine Carver-Price High School, a former black high school in Appomattox County, Virginia.
Call number
Date from 2004
Date to 2007
Geographic school Appomatox County, VA
Size 4 video discs (DVDs); 21 transcripts; 1 timeline
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://carver-price.com.p8.hostingprod.com/home
Repository Carver-Price Legacy Museum
Repository address 102 Carver Lane, Appomattox, VA 24522
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Carver-Price Legacy Museum
Repository contact email carverprice@verizon.net
Repository contact phone (434) 352-7880
DoveRegion region2
Subjects o    African American educators

o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Segregation in education

o    Race relations
Types o    Manuscripts

o    Transcripts

o    Video recordings
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Booker T. Washington School oral history

Booker T. Washington School oral history 

Creator Booker T. Washington National Monument. National Park Service
Description Monument staff conducted six oral history interviews in 2008 to explore the history of the Booker T. Washington School in Hardy, Virginia, a black school that now serves as the park headquarters.
Call number
Date from 2008
Date to
Geographic school Hardy, VA
Size photographs; 6 digital audio recordings (Windows Media Player files)
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.nps.gov/bowa/index.htm
Repository Booker T. Washington National Monument
Repository address 12130 Booker T. Washington Highway, Hardy, VA 24101
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Booker T. Washington National Monument. National Park Service
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone (540) 721-2094
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Education

o    Civil rights movements

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

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

o    Photographs

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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The Bland County History Archives

The Bland County History Archives 

Creator Bland County Archives
Description Some of the approximately 700 interviews in this collection explore the African American community in Dry Fork, including race relations in the county and the South, and the school integration process at Rocky Gap.
Call number
Date from 1920
Date to 2007
Geographic school Bland County, VA
Size circa 665 transcripts; audio cassettes; video recordings (VHS); digital sound recordings; digital video recordings
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.blandcountyhistoryarchives.org/
Repository Bland County History Archives
Repository address Rocky Gap High School, P.O. Box 9, Eagles Road, Rocky Gap, VA 24366
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Bland County History Archives
Repository contact email jdodson@mac.com
Repository contact phone (276) 928-1100
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African Americans–Social conditions

o    Appalachian Region

o    Civil rights movements

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education
Types o    Interviews

o    Photographs

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts

o    Video recordings
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Hall’s Hill oral history project

Hall’s Hill oral history project 

Creator Dr. Margaret Mulrooney’s Oral and Local History class at Marymount University.
Description The interviews include discussions about massive resistance and local businesses that were for and against desegregation of public schools. Interviews with educators, activists, and family members of four students are included.
Call number
Date from 2003
Date to
Geographic school Arlington, VA
Size 14 interviews
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://library.arlingtonva.us/collections/local-history/
Repository Arlington County Public Library
Repository address Virginia Room, 1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Arlington County Public Library. Virginia Room.
Repository contact email http://lib.arlingtonva.us/departments/Libraries/ref/AskVaRoom.htm
Repository contact phone (703) 228-5966
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American neighborhoods

o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Arlington (Va.)

o    Business enterprises

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    School Integration–Massive resistance movement

o    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Types o    Interviews

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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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.
Call number
Date from 2002
Date to
Geographic school Charlottesville, VA
Size 2 volumes
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
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