Norfolk (Va.)--History--20th century
Topic
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Forrest P. White Papers
Collection
Collection ID: MG 5
Abstract
Pediatrician in Norfolk. Played central role in formation of Norfolk Committee for Public Schools, which opposed the closing of the city’s public schools during the desegregation crisis. Bulk of the material concerns the desegregation of Norfolk’s public schools.
Dates:
circa 1950-1961, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/15/1976
Found in:
ODU Community Collections
Forrest R. "Hap" White Papers
Collection
Collection ID: MG 96
Abstract
Former Budget Director for the Norfolk Public Schools. Fourteen untranscribed cassette tapes containing interviews White conducted with politicians, journalists, police and other city officials from 1975-1991 as background for his ODU doctoral dissertation, School Desegregation and Urban Renewal and the 1992 book Pride and Prejudice: School Desegregation and Urban Renewal in Norfolk, 1950-1959.
Dates:
1974-1991, undated; Other: Date acquired: 09/11/2007
Found in:
ODU Community Collections