Norfolk Committee for Public Schools. – Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE)

Margaret White

Creator	Margaret White
Description	Taught in the Norfolk school system off and on since 1930. Involved in the struggle to reopen the public schools during the integration crisis. CBS television documentary, “The Lost Class of ’59” recorded her efforts. Correspondence and printed material, the bulk of which dates from 1959-1964, chiefly relates to the CBS documentary. Member of the Norfolk Committee for Public Schools.
Call number	MG 20
Date from	1953
Date to	1976
Geographic school	Norfolk, VA
Size	.5 cubic feet
Access restrictions yes/no	yes
Access restrictions	Open to researchers without restrictions. Questions on literary property rights should be directed to the Special Collections Librarian.
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL	http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections/manuscripts/whitemargaret.htm
Repository	Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address	Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email	libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 683-4483
DoveRegion	region3
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 Documentary television programs–United States o CBS Television Network o Murrow, Edward R. o Teachers–Virginia–Norfolk o Norfolk Committee for Public Schools o White, Margaret E., 1908-
Types	o Annual reports o Broadcast-Television-News o Clippings o Correspondence o Documentary Films o Pamphlets o Reports

Forrest P. White Papers

Creator	White, Forrest P.
Description	Dr. Forrest P. White was born in Norfolk in 1920. He graduated from Randolph-Macon College and the Medical College of Virginia. He served his internship in the United States Navy (1945-1946) and then served in the Medical Corps of the United States Naval Reserve (1946-1947). He served his residency at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals from 1948 to 1950 and became a practicing pediatrician in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. White was active in local politics in Norfolk and played a central role in the formation and running of the Norfolk Committee for Public Schools, an organization which opposed the closing of that city’s public schools during the desegregation crisis of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. The papers of Dr. White date from 1952 to 1963, the bulk of which primarily concerns the desegregation of Norfolk, Virginia’s public schools. There is some material on the Gray Commission Report (1955-1956), much more on the Norfolk Committee for Public Schools, an organization in which Dr. White was active from 1958 to 1963. The latter material includes correspondence, publicity releases, financial records, and newspaper clippings. There are small amounts of material on the 1952 Byrd-Miller Democratic Senatorial primary and on the 1961 Citizens for Democratic Government campaign in Norfolk’s Democratic primary.
Call number	MG 5
Date from	1952
Date to	1963
Geographic school	Norfolk, VA
Size	Two hollinger documents cases
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no	yes
Larger collection title
URL	http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections/manuscripts/whiteforrest.htm
Repository	Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address	Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email	libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 683-4483
DoveRegion	region3
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights 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 Norfolk Committee for Public Schools o Virginia. Commission on Public Education o White, Forrest P.
Types	o Clippings o Correspondence o Legal documents