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"Fighting For School Equality"
A history of Calfee Training School and the fight for equalized education in Pulaski.
"Solution Seems No Nearer- Virginia Enters Second Month of Closed Schools"
News story on the second month of school closings in Virginia, some by the Governor, after federal courts ordered Black students be admitted to white schools.
"One Withdraws Name in Local School Suit"
Mrs. Hattie Eddie, mother of an eighth grade student, Sandra Patterson, withdraws her and her daughter's names from the integration case scheduled with the Virginia Pupil Placement Board.
"Teachers Remember One Room Black Schools"
Mrs. Mary Baker, Mrs. Maude Toler, and Mrs. T.G. Howard remember their time teaching in one-room Black schools. Five out of seven schools for Black children were one-room schools: West Dublin, Draper Colored, Christian Hill, Little Creek Colored, and…
"Virginia: Pulaski, Va." - October 24, 1931
Updates and announcements happening in the Black community in Pulaski. Programs, Family matters, health, death announcements, travel/guest updates.
"Pulaski School Principal Pleads for Adequate Building"
Letter to the Editor of New Journal and Guide written by Chauncey Harmon making the case for a standardized educational set-up in Pulaski County.
"Pulaski, VA" - April 24, 1937
Updates and announcements happening in the Black community in Pulaski. Programs, Family matters, health, death announcements, travel/guest updates.
"Open Forum - Urges Good Schools"
Letter to the editor of the Southwest Times by Dr. P.C. Corbin expressing need for centralization of schools in the county and for funding for school building program.
"Colored News" - May 29, 1949
Updates and announcements happening in the African American community in Pulaski. Programs, Family matters, health, death announcements, travel/guest updates.