Pupil Placement Board – Page 2 – Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE)

August 3, 2018

USDC, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, Civil Action Case #3353- Carolyn Bradley and Michael Bradley, etc. vs. School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia, et al and the Commonwealth of Virginia Pupil Placement Board, et al

USDC, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, Civil Action Case #3353- Carolyn Bradley and Michael Bradley, etc. vs. School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia, et al and the Commonwealth of Virginia Pupil Placement Board, et al

Creator	USDC, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division
Description	This suit began in 1961 with the plaintiffs suing the School Board of the City of Richmond. The initial court-ordered “freedom-of-choice” plan proved unworkable in practice. In 1970, the Court ordered students and faculty to be reassigned. After the 1970 decision, the plaintiff and defendant coupled with the school boards of two neighboring counties filed suit against the State Department of Education and is superintendent of public instruction. At the district court level, it was determined that constitutional violations had taken place at the county and state levels and both were charged with the inter-district consolidation of the greater Richmond school districts. This verdict was later reversed. Subsequent to the 1972 decision (overturned), the School Board began implementing and the intra-district desegregation plan, featuring fifteen court mandated alterations between the years 1972-1979. In March 1984, the School Board sought monetary damages from the State, charging them with not fulfilling their court-ordered eradication of segregation. The State, the School Board alleged was hindering the elimination of the State’s former dual educational system. The court denied the request initially and again in an appeal.
Call number	Civil Action Case #3353
Date from	1961
Date to	1987
Geographic school	Richmond, VA
Size	8 Boxes
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
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 African American students o Public schools o School children o School integration o Segregation in education o United States. Supreme Court o Virginia. Department of Education o United States. Court of Appeals (4th Circuit)
Types	o Correspondence o Legal documents

July 27, 2018

Warren County (Va.) Public School Records

Warren County (Va.) Public School Records

Creator	Warren County (Va.) Public Schools
Description	Includes school records and case histories for high school student plaintiffs, including the 1958 suit of Kilby v. Warren County School Board; School board minutes, 1946-1977; teacher term reports, 1924-1976; payrolls for teachers and pupil transportation, 1931-1943; files related to World War II Production Training and National Defense Training Program; school census, 1920, 1925; Superintendent’s record of teacher certificates, 1915-1941; files concerning applicants for admission to Front Royal High School by African American students; applicants for change in school assignment and test results, 1958-1961; school board correspondence and files; teacher reports (grades and attendance), 1946-1967; choice of school forms and applications for scholarships; and Pupil Placement Board material.
Call number	Accession 44579 and 44610
Date from	1915
Date to	1976
Geographic school	Warren County, VA
Size	4.5 cu. ft. (10 boxes and 5 vol.)
Access restrictions yes/no	yes
Access restrictions	Student information in these unprocessed materials may be RESTRICTED under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Please contact Archives Research Services prior to visiting the Library of Virginia.
Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
Larger collection title
URL
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 High school students o Public schools o School integration o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Kilby, James Wilson, 1917-2003
Types	o Annual reports o Correspondence o Government papers o Legal documents o Minutes o Proceedings o Reports

July 24, 2018May 26, 2022

Virginia Pupil Placement Board

Virginia Pupil Placement Board

Creator	Commonwealth of Virginia
Description	The Pupil Placement Board was created by an act of the General Assembly passed on September 29, 1956 as part of a program of “massive resistance” to federally ordered school desegregation. The act that created the board divested local school boards and division superintendents of their authority to determine the school to which a child might be admitted and placed all power of enrollment or placement with the Pupil Placement Board. This body consisted of three residents of Virginia who were appointed by the governor to serve during his term in office. Among the factors that the board was to consider in assigning particular pupils to particular schools were the efficient operation of the schools and the safety and welfare of the pupils. From the beginning of the board’s existence, its efforts to control pupil assignments were frustrated by decisions of the federal courts and by local school boards, which increasingly tended to ignore the board. On April 29, 1959 the General Assembly passed an act returning responsibility for school assignments to local authorities. Despite the loss of most of its power, the Pupil Placement Board continued to exist for seven more years until it was abolished by an act passed by the General Assembly in 1966. Collections consists of the following series: Routine applications, 1961-1966. Special applications relevant to inactive files, 1959-1966. Special applications, 1959-1966, 1964-1966 (bulk). Correspondence and subject files, 1958-1966. Minutes, 1958-1966. Legal files, 1958-1964. Guide to collection is available at: https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi02003.xml.
Call number	Record Group 62 Accession 26517
Date from	1958
Date to	1966
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	276.8 cu feet
Access restrictions yes/no	yes
Access restrictions	Restricted access: redacted copies of the restricted materials are available.
Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
Larger collection title
URL
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 Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986 o Public schools o School children o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o Virginia. Department of Education o Virginia. General Assembly o Virginia. Pupil Placement Board
Types	o Bills (Legislative records) o Correspondence o Government papers o Legal documents o Minutes o Organizational Records o Reports