Danville – Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE)

October 24, 2018

Wyatt, Landon Russell papers (1891-1971)

Wyatt, Landon Russell papers (1891-1971)

Creator	Wyatt, Landon Russell (1891-1971)
Description	State senator and business executive, of Danville, Va. Chiefly topical and election correspondence (primarily 1950-70), speeches, and printed material, relating to Virginia budget, Gray Commission on Massive Resistance, and the Virginia Tobacco Tax Commission. Includes some papers from Wyatt’s career as chairman of the board of trustees of Averett College, Danville, Va.. Correspondents include Watkins Moorman Abbitt, John Stewart Battle, Harry Flood Byrd, Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., Mills Edwin Godwin, Thomas Marshall Hahn, Albertis Sydney Harrison, Absolam Willis Robertson, William Belser Spong, William Munford Tuck, and George Corley Wallace.
Call number	MS 72-1822
Date from	1935
Date to	1970
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	2 ft. (1981 items)
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URL
Repository	UNLV Department of Special Collections
Repository address	Box 457010, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-7010
Repository contact name	University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Special Collections
Repository contact title	Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone	(702) 895-2234
DoveRegion	(outside of Virginia)
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o Battle, John Stewart, 1890-1972 o Godwin, Mills E. (Mills Edwin), 1914-1999 o Harrison, Albertis S. (Albertis Sydney), 1907-1995 o Public schools o School children o School closings o School integration o Virginia. General Assembly o Wyatt, Landon Russell, 1891-1971 o Tuck, William M. (William Munford), 1896-1983 o Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966 o Byrd, Harry F., Jr. (Harry Flood), 1914-2013 o Hahn, T. Marshall (Thomas Marshall), 1926- o Robertson, A. Willis o Spong, William B. (William Belser), 1920-1997
Types	o Correspondence o Legal documents

October 23, 2018

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
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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
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
Repository contact email
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

July 24, 2018

1963 Danville (Va.) Civil Rights Case Files

1963 Danville (Va.) Civil Rights Case Files

Creator	Danville (Va.) Circuit Court.
Description	The collection spans the years 1963-1973 and consists of court papers and legal files relating to the 1963 civil rights demonstrations in Danville. These files include bills of particulars, bond records, correspondence, court dockets, court orders, dicta-belts, evidence, judgments, petitions, photographs, receipts, subpoenas, and transcripts of testimony that document the legal aspects of the demonstrations from the Danville Corporation Court to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. The summer of 1963 witnessed a wave of civil rights demonstrations throughout the nation. In Danville, Virginia, the leaders of the Danville Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), inspired by events in Birmingham, Alabama, organized a series of protests of their own. Rev. Lawrence G. Campbell, Rev. Alexander I. Dunlap, Julius E. Adams, and Arthur Pinchback, believing that the Danville NAACP under the leadership of Doyle Thomas was too conservative, had founded the Danville SCLC in 1960. These men, along with Rev. Lendall W. Chase, president of the Danville SCLC, took the lead in promoting civil rights in Danville, a city deep in Virginia’s black belt and strong in segregationist sentiment. Throughout 1962, they repeatedly appeared before the Danville City Council to demand black representation on the boards of city agencies and the end of segregation. In August 1962, Campbell, Dunlap, Adams, and Chase signed the Danville Omnibus Integration Suit, filed in federal court that called for the integration of Danville’s hospitals, schools, cemeteries, public buildings, public housing projects, teaching assignments, and city employment opportunities.
Call number	Accession 38099
Date from	1963
Date to	1973
Geographic school	Danville, VA
Size	5 reels; Dictabelt records; 40 compact discs
Access restrictions yes/no	yes
Access restrictions	Reproduction prohibited without the authorization of The Library of Virginia. Service copy compact discs are located at barcode 1154881. Barcodes 1161798-1164499 are not for public use, but are reserved for photoduplication requests.
Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
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URL	http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi00037.xml
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 students o African Americans–Civil rights o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School integration o Segregation in education o Segregation in higher education o Southern Christian Leadership Conference o National Association for the Advancement of Colored People o Danville Omnibus Integration Suit o Circuit courts–Virginia
Types	o Government papers o Legal documents o Proceedings o Reports

June 5, 2018June 6, 2018

Danville (VA) civil rights movement collection

Danville (VA) civil rights movement collection

Creator	Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
Description	This collection includes oral Histories corresponding with the Danville Civil Rights Movement.
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Date from	1960
Date to	1964
Geographic school	Danville, VA
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URL	http://www.danvillemuseum.org/exhibitions/2012-exhibits.html
Repository	Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History
Repository address	975 Main Street, Danville, VA 24541
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
Repository contact email	cara@danvillemuseum.org
Repository contact phone	(434) 793-5644
DoveRegion	region2
Subjects	o African American political activists o African Americans–Civil rights o Civil rights demonstrations o Civil rights movements o Race relations
Types	o Interviews o Manuscripts o Sound recordings o Transcripts