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"WPA Hot Lunch Projects Offer Real Help For School Students"
Detailing of the WPA hot lunch project's impact for school students including the Calfee Training School.
"Hon. C. Bascom Slemp, Secretary to President, Interested in Calfee Training School"
Secretary to President Calvin Coolidge, expresses interest in the Calfee Training School.
Miss Cathleen Jenkins wed to Dr. Maceo Santa Cruz
Announcing the marriage and wedding ceremony of Miss Cathleen Jenkins and Dr. Maceo Santa Cruz
"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…
"Teachers Remember One Room Black Schools"
Mrs. Mary Baker, Mrs. Maude Toler, and Mrs. T.G. Howard reminisce on their teaching experiences.
"Negros Protest School Zoning System in City"
A group of Black residents protest new school zoning system in Radford City.
"Negro Schools Out; New City Zones Set"
New zoning laws forcing the closing of Fred Wygal School, a school for African American children in Radford, Virginia.