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| Title: | Brown I and Brown II |
| Date: | 1951-1955 |
| Description: | Section of online exhibit outlining the lawsuits that were decided in favor of integrated education, including the Virginia case, Dorothy E. Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, that was eventually included in the Supreme Court case Oliver L. Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The page includes four black-and-white photographs from the Virginia Historical Society, the Library of Congress, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs | Web sites |
| Subjects: | Davis, Dorothy E.--Trials, litigation, etc. | Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc. | African Americans--Segregation--Virginia | Civil rights movements--Virginia | African Americans--Civil rights--Virginia | Education--Virginia | Segregation in education--Virginia | African Americans--Education | Prince Edward County (Va.). County School Board--Trials, litigation, etc. | United States. Supreme Court | Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc. | Virginia | Prince Edward County (Va.) |
| Collection: | Civil Rights Movement in Virginia : An Exhibition on Display February 7 - June 19, 2004 |
| Institution: | Virginia Historical Society |
| Contributors: | Virginia Historical Society | Library of Congress | Virginia. Dept. of Historic Resources | Richmond Times-Dispatch | Civil Rights Movement in Virginia Collection (Virginia Historical Society) |
| Online Publisher: | [Richmond (Va.)] : Virginia Historical Society |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of: The Civil Rights movement in Virginia (Virginia Historical Society) |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.vahistorical.org/civilrights/brown.htm |
