Luther Porter Jackson Family papers 

Luther Porter Jackson Family Papers 

Creator Luther Porter Jackson Family
Description The Luther Porter Jackson is one of the most valuable manuscript groups from a historical point of view in the nation, for this former professor of history at Virginia State University lived and worked during an era when the concept of black inferiority was the accepted rule. In addition, this was the time of “Jim Crowism.” Segregation was not “de facto,” it was legal and challenged by few people, black and white. During the major time span of these papers, 1920-1950, a number of political and civil rights organizations developed into potent forces and others were born: the NAACP, the Negro Organizational Society, the Southern Regional Council, and the Southern School for Workers. This manuscript group is rich in correspondence with most of the leaders of these movements. Some of the correspondence includes Walter White, Lorenzo C. White, P. Bernard Young, Gordon Hancock and others. Correspondence with Virginia based political and civil rights groups is strong and gives a good picture of the tempo of the era in the State: the Virginia Voters League, the Committee for Virginia, the Petersburg Negro Business League. In addition to correspondence with major political and civil rights organizations, Jackson maintained as interesting relationship with others across the U.S. The business or office correspondence of Luther P. Jackson from 1920-1950 include correspondence with John Hope Franklin, W.E.B. DuBois, Hugh Smythe, Helen Edmonds, P. Bernard Young, E. Franklin Frazier, Charles S. Johnson, Rayford Logan, Alrutheus Ambush Taylor, Lorenzo J. Green and others. The collection also consists of ledgers, pamphlets, financial and legal documents, photographs, speeches, newspaper articles, cards, telegrams, notebooks, artifacts and Jackson’s research materials, as well as correspondence and records in regard to the Virginia Teachers Association and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.
Call number 1952-l
Date from 1772
Date to 1960
Geographic school Petersburg, VA, Virginia
Size Unknown
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URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vsu/vipets00009.xml
Repository Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title University Archivist
Repository contact email ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 524-5749
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    Segregation in education

o    Virginia State University

o    Virginia Teachers Association

o    Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, inc.

o    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

o    Virginia Voters League

Types o    Annual reports

o    Correspondence

o    Diaries

o    Financial records

o    Memorabilia

o    Minutes

o    Organizational Records

o    Proceedings

o    Reports

USDC, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, Civil Action Case #4476- Francine Cole, et al vs. the County School Board of Petersburg County, VA, et al 

USDC, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, Civil Action Case #4476- Francine Cole, et al vs. the County School Board of Petersburg County, VA, et al 

Creator USDC, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division
Description This action, originally filed in September, 1965, aimed to desegregate the Petersburg School System, “converting its faculty, staff, transportation practices, extracurricular activities, facilities, and pupil placement to a unitary system.” The issue of whether or not the County was required to provide free transportation for all of its students was of particular issue in this case. In December, 1968, the Court approved a School Board plan to desegregate all of its schools and faculties beginning the following school year, September, 1969. By March of that year, it was determined that school system was still not a unitary one and required the defendants, at their own cost, to draw up a new plan. The subsequent June 29, 1971 plan submitted by the defendants was deemed “patently inadequate.” On the hearing date of July 5, 1971, the defendants were ordered to put into effect the plan proposed by the plaintiff’s expert witness for the Fall 1971 term. The instant motion for free transportation was also accepted by the Court contingent upon the proposed modifications of the defendants. The estimated cost if transportation was gauged to be $45.00/yr./student, amounting to a total of $140,000/yr. in transportation for the 3,138 elementary school children residing an excess of one mile from their schools and thus entitled to free transportation. Up until this point, transportation for students has been run by a private corporation charging students $.25/day to ride. An additional cost of roughly $18,000/yr. was estimated for secondary school students as only approximately 400 students qualified. The plaintiff was responsible for bearing the no less than $160,000/yr. additional burden of transportation out of their more than six million dollar/yr. budget for all elementary school students living beyond a mile of the school and secondary students beyond a mile and a half. Additionally, council fees were awarded.
Call number Civil Action Case #4476
Date from 1965
Date to 1995
Geographic school Petersburg County, VA
Size 1 Box
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Repository NARA Mid-Atlantic Region
Repository address 14700 Townsend Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096
Repository contact name David Weber
Repository contact title Director, Records Management Program
Repository contact email philadelphia.reference@nara.gov
Repository contact phone (215) 305-2000
DoveRegion (outside of Virginia)
Subjects o    Busing for school integration

o    Public schools

o    School children

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

o    United States. Court of Appeals (4th Circuit)

Types o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents