The Turning of a City's Soul: Norfolk's Public School Integration Crisis, 1954 - 1959

This thesis examines the integration crisis that the City of Norfolk, Virginia underwent between 1954 and 1959 with an epilogue that carries Norfolk's desegregation story through to 1986.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Department dc:contributor.department

History

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2003

Author dc:creator

• Nichols, James Andrew

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Wallenstein, Peter R.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Shifflett, Crandall A.
• Farrar, Hayward

• Segregation
• Desegregation
• Race Relations
• Integration
• Norfolk
• Massive Resistance
• Virginia
• Education

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-09192003-125601

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/35106