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Voices of Freedom collection 

Voices of Freedom collection 

Creator Virginia Commonwealth University. Special Collections and Archives
Description This collection contains oral histories involving various subjects with the Civil Rights Movement.
Call number
Date from 2002
Date to 2003
Geographic school Virgina
Size 11 videocassettes; 11 RealMedia files; 11 transcripts; 11 photographs
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://dig.library.vcu.edu/cdm4/index_voices.php?CISOROOT=/voices
Repository Virginia Commonwealth University Special Collections and Archives
Repository address James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, 901 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 842033, Richmond, VA 23284-2033
Repository contact name Wesley Chenault
Repository contact title
Repository contact email libjbcsca@vcu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 828-1108
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African American churches

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights movements

o    King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    Segregation in education

o    Prince Edward County (Va.). County School Board–Trials, litigation, etc.

o    Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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

o    Voter registration
Types o    Interviews

o    Transcripts

o    Video recordings
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Schoolhouse Museum oral interviews

Schoolhouse Museum oral interviews

Creator Schoolhouse Museum
Description This collection consists of 150 oral histories of former teachers and students at black schools during the Jim Crow era in Virginia.
Call number
Date from 1876
Date to 1965
Geographic school Virginia
Size 150 interviews (transcript, audio tape, and video tape formats); photographs
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://theschoolhousemuseum.com/OralInterviews/tabid/57/Default.aspx
Repository The Schoolhouse Museum
Repository address 516 Main Street, P.O. Box 1113, Smithfield , VA 23431
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Schoolhouse Museum
Repository contact email theschoolhousemuseum@verizon.net
Repository contact phone (757) 365-4789
DoveRegion region3
Subjects o    African American educators

o    African American schools

o    African American students

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education
Types o    Interviews

o    Photographs

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts

o    Video recordings
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Living history makers: an inquiry into Virginia politics with Jim Latimer, Colgate W. Darden, William M. Tuck 

Living history makers: an inquiry into Virginia politics with Jim Latimer, Colgate W. Darden, William M. Tuck 

Creator Library of Virginia
Description An eight-part series of interviews between Richmond Times-Dispatch political reporter James Latimer (1913-2000), former Virginia Democratic governors Colgate W. Darden (1897-1981), and William M. Tuck (1896-1983).
Call number
Date from 1975
Date to
Geographic school Virginia
Size 8 videocassettes (ca. 30 min. each)
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2011/05/11/history-in-motion/
Repository Library of Virginia
Repository address 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Archives Reference Services
Repository contact email archdesk@lva.virginia.gov
Repository contact phone (804) 692-3888
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    Civil rights movements

o    Journalists

o    Politicians

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    School integration

o    Virginia–Politics and government

o    Civil Rights Act of 1964
Types o    Interviews

o    Video recordings
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Living history makers: an Inquiry into Virginia Politics: J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Governor of Virginia, 1958-1962 

Living history makers: an inquiry into Virginia politics: J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., governor of Virginia, 1958-1962 

Creator Library of Virginia
Description A nine-part series on the life and career of former Virginia governor J. Lindsay Almond (1898-1986), chiefly explored by means of interviews between Almond and Richmond Times-Dispatch political reporter James Latimer (1913-2000).
Call number
Date from 1979
Date to 1980
Geographic school Virginia
Size 9 videocassettes
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2011/05/11/history-in-motion/
Repository Library of Virginia
Repository address 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Archives Reference Services
Repository contact email archdesk@lva.virginia.gov
Repository contact phone (804) 692-3888
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African American lawyers

o    Civil rights movements

o    Civil rights workers

o    Civil rights–Cases

o    Journalists Politicians

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    School integration

o    Virginia–Politics and government
Types o    Interviews

o    Video recordings
Creator Library of Virginia
Description A nine-part series on the life and career of former Virginia governor J. Lindsay Almond (1898-1986), chiefly explored by means of interviews between Almond and Richmond Times-Dispatch political reporter James Latimer (1913-2000).
Call number
Date from 1979
Date to 1980
Geographic school Virginia
Size 9 videocassettes
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2011/05/11/history-in-motion/
Repository Library of Virginia
Repository address 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Archives Reference Services
Repository contact email archdesk@lva.virginia.gov
Repository contact phone (804) 692-3888
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African American lawyers

o    Civil rights movements

o    Civil rights workers

o    Civil rights–Cases

o    Journalists Politicians

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    School integration

o    Virginia–Politics and government
Types o    Interviews

o    Video recordings
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Symposiums on the Prince Edward County schools closings 

Symposiums on the Prince Edward County schools closings 

Creator Hampden-Sydney College Library
Description This collection consists of video recordings of symposiums on the 40th and 50th anniversaries of the Prince Edward County schools closings.
Call number Call no LA380.P7 P7 Call no LA380.P74 C56 2009
Date from 1999 and 2009
Date to
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size 6 videocassettes (VHS format); 6 videodiscs
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://libguides.hsc.edu/library
Repository Hampden-Sydney College
Repository address Bortz Library, 257 Via Sacra, Hampden Sydney, VA 23943
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Bortz Library
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone (434) 223-6190
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    Prince Edward County (Va.)

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    School integration

o    Virginia–Politics and government
Types o    Speeches

o    Video recordings
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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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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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It’s Just Me…The Integration of the Arlington Public Schools

It’s Just Me…The Integration of the Arlington Public Schools 

Creator John Stuhldreher; Arlington Public Schools (Arlington, Va.). Arlington Educational Television
Description On February 2, 1959, four seventh grade students entered through the front doors of Stratford Junior High School. School was already in session as the students negotiated a battalion of helmeted police officers protecting the perimeter of the school grounds. At first appearance, these students seemed different than the average Stratford Junior High School student in attendance until this day. These students were black, and in their steps followed the desegregation and integration of public schools in Arlington and Virginia. The documentary, “Its Just Me …” the integration of the Arlington public schools, revisits and explores the events leading up to that February day at Stratford Junior High School.”–AETV website
Call number OCLC Number: 49343756
Date from 2001
Date to 2001
Geographic school Arlington County, VA
Size 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/AVN/News/page68288.aspx
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 students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

o    Documentary films –United States
Types Broadcast-Television-News
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It’s just me…the integration of the Arlington Public Schools

It’s just me…the integration of the Arlington Public Schools 

Creator Arlington (VA) Educational Television
Description This collection includes the raw interview footage for the documentary film “It’s Just Me…The Integration of the Arlington Public Schools.” Whites and blacks on both sides of the aisle were interviewed.
Call number
Date from 1950s
Date to
Geographic school Arlington, VA
Size 12 videotapes; digital video recordings; photographs; manuscripts
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://library.arlingtonva.us/2011/08/18/when-arlington-did-the-right-thing/
Repository Arlington (VA) Educational Television
Repository address 816 South Walter Reed Drive, Arlington, VA 22204
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Arlington (VA) Educational Television
Repository contact email jstuhldr@arlington.k12.va.us
Repository contact phone (703) 228-5757
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    School integration

o    Race relations
Types o    Interviews

o    Video recordings