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5 boxes

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

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

 Collection — Container: 5 boxes
Identifier: RG 04-2018-003
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: created: 1958-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 2008-2009; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2018