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.

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.

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.

Peoples are governed by not by realities but by myths. — J. A. Rogers, 1940 Clockwise from upper left: Thomas Frye, 1762, RCIN 604595; Johann George Ziesenis, 1761?, RCIN 403562; Allan Ramsay, 1762, RCIN 405308; Laurence Gahagan, 1818, RCIN 913891; Thomas Lawrence, 1789, NG4257 Introduction Since the 1940s, there has been a myth consisting of continually-evolving claims around the ancestry, ethnicity, and racial identity of Queen Charlotte. These claims began as an antiracist contention by Jamaican-American author J.

Introduction On May 5, 1909, the Confederate soldier memorial consisting of the statue “At The Ready” and two Napoleon cannons was dedicated in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse. This mail-order bronze statue depicts a soldier at ready, rifle raised, ready to kill to perpetuate the institution of slavery. Information about the Memorial and Courthouse Here are a few resources with detailed information about both the Courthouse and memorial: Charlottesville’s Courthouse Confederate Soldier Statue by Dr.

This PDF contains biographical information about Mortimer Yates Sutherland Jr. The images and other sources used for this can be found in this zip.

This PDF contains biographical information about Robert Marshall “Jack” Davis.

This PDF contains historical information about the site and Hartman family.

Jackson-Via Elementary is named for ​​Nannie Cox Jackson​​ and ​Betty Davis Via​. The school was formed in 1969 and moved to the current building in 1970. Jackson-Via was the city’s first school planned and built as an integrated school, thus being dually-named for both a Black educator, Jackson, and a white educator, Via. Betty Davis Via (1901-1993)​ was an educator in the city schools from 1927 to 1965. She taught at Venable Primary until becoming principal in 1945.

Author’s Note: This article is intentionally shorter than the others in this series. Nannie Cox Jackson was an extraordinary person, especially during a time when being Black or female limited one’s possibilities even more than today. Her story needs to be told in full, but this author is not the right person for that important job. Jackson-Via Elementary is named for ​Nannie Cox Jackson​ and ​Betty Davis Via​. The school was formed in 1969 and moved to the current building in 1970.