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Certainly not all Virginians were against desegregation. Auvil, Falls Church, to Governor Thomas B. The local authority, as allowed by state law. Should reopen all the schools under the direction of the commonwealth, not The Norfolk City Council argued that because white schools were closed toĪvoid desegregation but that black schools remained open, the commonwealth Petition from Norfolk City Council to reopen schools. 'The closing of those public schools was a direct blow to the Commonwealth … ' Letter from Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Vicinity, to Governor James Lindsay Almond, Richmond. The Constitution' andīrochure for Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties. 'The Peninsula Citizens’ Council invites you to hear Hon.

' … to secure for all youths and adults … an education.'Telegram from Virginia Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers, Petersburg, to Governor James Lindsay Almond, Richmond. Petitions to the state government to register their views. Redress, and opponents to desegregate were particularly active in sending Virginians had long petitioned the governor and General Assembly for Virginia Constitution, which allowed closure of any integrated school. Kenbridge Ruritan Club asked for repeal or change of Section 129 of the Petition from Kenbridge Ruritan Club against Section 129. Office of the Clerk, Correspondence of Clerk Ben D. Petition from the citizens of Halifax County. They both reopened early in February 1959.īrochure for Charlottesville Educational Foundation. Governor Almond closed Lane High School and Venable Elementary School in Charlottesville in September 1958. Petition from students at Lane High School, Charlottesville, to reopen. Petitions and Letters For and Against Public School Integration, February–March 1959, acc. Weber, Front Royal, to Maurice Bowen, Front Royal. 'Are we ready to sign the death warrant on Virginia’s and Warren County’s future …?' Letter from Elizabeth v. Petitions and Letters For and Against Public School Integration, Dohme, Front Royal, to Maurice Bowen, Front Royal. 'It is high time we thought of normalcy and routine for our young.'Letter from Ainslee B. ' … We must have public schools … 'Letter from Frank Nesbitt, Front Royal, to Governor James Lindsay Almond.

Bowman,įront Royal, to Governor James Lindsay Almond, Richmond. 'Segregation, racial or class, is out-moded.' Letter from John G. Key, Charlottesville, to Governor James Lindsay Almond.

'Please do not sell us down the river.' Telegram from L. Trouble predicted by one and all simply never developed.'

'In the army where desegregation was put into effect we are told the State not to be put in a class with Mississippi.' She shrewdly noted that She wrote that 'I haveĪlways been proud of Virginia, thinking of us as one enlightened Southern Fitch to write her first letter to a governor. Stanley’s adamant stand against integration prompted ElizaĮ. Fitch, Charlottesville, to Governor Thomas B. Supreme Court.' Mourning card from Warren Spitler Covington to Governor James Lindsay Almond. 'Virginians are presently under the heel of the N.A.A.C.P. Headline from Roanoke Tribune, May 22, 1954, Library of Virginia

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