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"One Story About School Desegregation" by Florence Coleman Bryant
Download as One Story About School Desegregation by Florence Coleman Bryant as a PDF.
This work was originally published as a strip-bound typescript book in 2004, and I know of only two copies that still exist. This is a phenomenal story about the the bravery of many residents of Charlottesville to assert their right to equal public resources. Despite several attempts, I was unable to get in contact with Ms. Bryant to get permission to reprint this, but after careful consideration, I think she would want her words and this story to be more widely available.
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The Names and Namesakes of Charlottesville City Schools
A summary of the names and namesakes of Charlottesville City Schools, with links to a 50+ page document including detailed information about the naming of each school and biographical information about the namesake.
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A Timeline of Events Related to Racism and White Supremacy in Charlottesville, Virginia
This timeline is far from complete. Most notably, it only record “events” – an acute occurrence or change – and not on-going situations and processes that have far more effect on people.
Other timelines:
Charlottesville City School History: A Timeline Charlottesville 2017: The Legacy of Race and Inequity by Louis P. Nelson and Claudrena N. Harold Timeline For between 10,000 to 18,000 years, Indigenous groups inhabit Virginia. Around 1000 What is now called Ancestral Monacan Society forms in central Virginia.
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