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Direct linkTillerson-Brown, Amy – Journal of School Choice, 2016
In light of contemporary school choice proposals and the 60th anniversary of the Southern Manifesto, the Prince Edward County, Virginia public schools crisis provides interesting historical discussion. Prince Edward County (PEC), a rural community in central Virginia, was one of five school districts represented in the 1954 "Brown v. Board of…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Choice, Educational Vouchers, Public Schools
Randolph, Adah Ward; Sanders, Stephanie – Journal of School Leadership, 2011
This article examines the educational leadership of the first African American female principal in Richmond, Virginia: Mrs. Ethel Thompson Overby. It seeks to ascertain, through a historical framework utilizing critical race theory, how this particular educational and instructional leader conceptualized academic achievement given the context of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Excellence in Education, Youth
Peer reviewedMehrige, Robert R. – Integrated Education, 1972
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation, Metropolitan Areas
Hoffman, Carl – Appalachia, 1997
The building that once housed the only primary school for blacks in Lee County, Virginia, is now the Appalachian African-American Cultural Center. Besides preserving Appalachian black history, it hosts an annual Race Unity Day; houses a library of black literature; and sponsors workshops on racism, where blacks and whites can discuss racial issues…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black History, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Centers
Peer reviewedKoman, Rita G. – OAH Magazine of History, 1993
Presents a secondary school lesson plan about Jennie Dean and the founding of the Manassas (VA) Industrial School in the late 1880s. Provides historical background for the lesson, step-by-step instructional procedures, four primary source photographs, and three student handouts. (CFR)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black History, Educational History, Educational Strategies
Download full textUS Commission on Civil Rights, 2006
On July 28, 2006, a panel of experts briefed members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the putative benefits of racial and ethnic diversity in elementary and secondary education. Four experts presented written statements to the Commissioners that assessed the social science literature on this issue. They also addressed whether or not…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Civil Rights, School Desegregation, Secondary Education
