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| Title: | The closing of Prince Edward County's schools |
| Date: | 1959-1964 |
| Description: | Section of online exhibit focusing on the closing from 1959 through 1964 of Prince Edward County public schools to avoid court-ordered integration and the formation of private, white-only academies. The page includes three black-and-white photographs and a digital image of a Prince Edward Academy jacket from the Virginia Historical Society, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Virginia State University Archives and Special Collections. 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 | Jackets (garments) | Web sites |
| Subjects: | African Americans--Segregation--Virginia | Civil rights movements--Virginia | African Americans--Civil rights--Virginia | Education--Virginia | Segregation in education--Virginia | African Americans--Education | School integration--Massive resistance movement--Virginia | Passive resistance--Virginia | Public school closings--Virginia--Prince Edward County | 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 | Richmond Times-Dispatch | Virginia State University. Archives and Special Collections | 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/pec.htm |
