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City of Norfolk City Clerk 50th Anniversary of Massive Resistance Records

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City of Norfolk City Clerk 50th Anniversary of Massive Resistance Records, 1958-2009 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Will Hopkins

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Title: City of Norfolk City Clerk 50th Anniversary of Massive Resistance Records, 1958-2009Add to your cart.

Predominant Dates:2008-2009

ID: 002/RG 04/2018-003

Primary Creator: City of Norfolk

Extent: 5.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged generally in original order.

Date Acquired: 00/00/2018

Subjects: Granby High School (Norfolk, Va.), Maury High School (Norfolk, Va.), Norfolk (Va.), Organizations, Public schools--Virginia--Norfolk, School integration--Massive resistance movement, Schools

Forms of Material: Clippings (information artifacts), Commemoratives, Government records, Handbooks, Histories (literature genre), Minutes (administrative records), Plays (performed works), Resolutions (administrative records)

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Commemorative records primarily from 2008-2009 of the desegregation of Norfolk City Schools in 1959, which marked the end of Virginia's massive resistance campaign against federally-mandated desegregation. Included are histories of massive resistance and the related closures of Norfolk Public Schools during 1958-1959, records of the city commission created to mark these events 50 years later, records of various public events, correspondence, and news clippings.

Subject/Index Terms

Granby High School (Norfolk, Va.)
Maury High School (Norfolk, Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)
Organizations
Public schools--Virginia--Norfolk
School integration--Massive resistance movement
Schools

Administrative Information

Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: City of Norfolk City Clerk by transfer

Preferred Citation: City of Norfolk City Clerk 50th Anniversary of Massive Resistance Records, RG 04-2018-003, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed in February 2020.


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Folder 1: Historical documents, miscellaneous datesAdd to your cart.
Includes information on massive resistance and the Norfolk City Schools closures.
Folder 2: Historical figures, miscellaneous datesAdd to your cart.
Includes information on Oliver White, an attorney who challenged Virginia segregation laws in the 1950s, and Judge Walter E. Hoffman, who ordered an end to the state's school segregation.
Folder 3: Norfolk 17 records, miscellaneous datesAdd to your cart.
The "Norfolk 17" were 17 black students who were initially denied entry into all-white Norfolk Public Schools.
Folder 4: CBS Reports "The Lost Class of 1959", 1959Add to your cart.
Edward R. Murrow presented this nationally televised program, which covered the September 1958 to February 1959 closures of the Norfolk City Schools. "Lost Class of 1959" refers to the many school seniors who did not graduate because of the closures.
Folder 5: Lost Class of 1959 events, circa 2009Add to your cart.
Includes Lost Class members, retroactive graduation events, and commemorative activities at Granby and Maury high schools.
Folder 6: City Commission, creation records, circa 2008-2009Add to your cart.
Includes records on the formation of the "Commission to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Norfolk School Desegregation and the End of Massive Resistance."

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Norfolk Public Library
Slover Library
235 Plume Street
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
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