Virginia Tech
A history of Luther P. Jackson high school: a report of a case study on the development of a black high school
Abstract
dc:description.abstractPrior to 1954, blacks in Fairfax County who wanted to receive an education beyond the seventh grade were bussed by the county to Manassas Regional High School in Prince William County or independently attended Dunbar High School, Phelps Vocational Center, Cardoza High School or Armstrong High School in Washington, D.C. The purpose of this dissertation was to describe, record and analyze the events and actions that led to the establishment, operation, desegregation and eventual demise of Luther P. Jackson High School, the first and on1y high school for blacks in Fairfax County, Virginia. This study provides useful information to the Fairfax County School System. The population for the study consisted of representatives from community and civil rights leaders, school administrators, students, teachers and secretaries who were involved with Luther P. Jackson at various stages of its existence.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Doctor of Education
- Level thesis:degree_level
- doctoral
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Educational Administration
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Educational Administration
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Tech
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1993
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Lee, Mathelle K.
- Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
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- Conley, Houston
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
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- Fortune, Jimmie C.
- Underwood, Kenneth E.
- McKeen, Ronald L.
- Gatewood, Thomas E.
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Dc Identifier Other
- etd-10202005-102820
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/40030