Massive Resistance-Printed materials
| Creator | unknown |
| Description | Consists of regional and national newspaper clippings covering the “Massive Resistance” movement and public reaction to the desegregation and subsequent closing of some of Norfolk’s public schools. Also discussed are state and local politicians such as Governor Lindsay Almond, Jr., who ordered the closing the Norfolk schools that enrolled African American students, and Mayor William Fred Duckworth, who opposed de-segregating the public schools. Some of the clippings discuss the fate of those students whose graduation was put in jeopardy by the school closing, known as “The Lost Class of ’59.” |
| Call number | MG 98 |
| Date from | 1958 |
| Date to | 1960 |
| Geographic school | Virginia; Norfolk, VA |
| Size | 2 Hollinger document cases |
| Access restrictions yes/no | no |
| Access restrictions | The collection is open to researchers with no restrictions. Information 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/index.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 Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986 o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School closings o School integration o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Virginia. Pupil Placement Board o Duckworth, William Frederick o Public schools–Virginia–Norfolk |
| Types | Clippings |