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By Will Hopkins
Collection Overview
Title: City of Norfolk City Clerk 50th Anniversary of Massive Resistance Records, 1958-2009
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
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.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Historical documents, miscellaneous dates
- Includes information on massive resistance and the Norfolk City Schools closures.
- Folder 2: Historical figures, miscellaneous dates
- 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 dates
- 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", 1959
- 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 2009
- Includes Lost Class members, retroactive graduation events, and commemorative activities at Granby and Maury high schools.
- Folder 6: City Commission, creation records, circa 2008-2009
- 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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