Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- 20th century.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Prince Edward County Students at Berea collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.39
Abstract
This small study collection contains information about a 1959-1965 American Friends Service Committee program that helped African American students from Prince Edward County, Virginia, continue their education while their local public schools were shut down. The closure of all public schools in Prince Edward County was an attempt to avoid school desegregation as required by the 1954 United States Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education. Berea...
Dates:
1959 - 2005