Virginia Stage Company’s Play (February 24-March 15, 2009)
“Line in the Sand,” new play about Massive Resistance and local school desegregation by VSC artistic director Chris Hanna at the Wells Theatre. Weaves excerpts from original media coverage, court documents and recorded personal accounts with imagined scenes and characters.
“Elusive Equality: Preview of forthcoming book on the history of Norfolk Public Schools
Authors/presenters: Dr. Jeffery Littlejohn (Sam Houston State University) and Dr. Charles Ford (NSU). Time: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.; Site: NSU’s Harrison B. Wilson Archives. More info: 757-823-8208
School Desegregation Exhibit (Old Dominion University)
“School Desegregation in Norfolk, Virginia” exhibit will be available in the main lobby of the Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library at ODU through the end of February 2009. The exhibit features materials -- including letters, school board resolutions, news clippings, reports, and legal documents -- which trace some of the events and attitudes of Virginians following the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954, the reactions of Norfolk’s School Board, city officials, and citizen groups to the closing and eventual reopening of six of Norfolk’s public schools, and the fate of the 10,000 displaced students. For more information, contact Sonia Yaco, Special Collections Librarian, at 683-4483; email: syaco@odu.edu
Indelible Images from the Struggle for Desegregation ((April 23, 2009, 12:30 p.m.)
PowerPoint presentation/preview of forthcoming book, “Hampton Roads: Remembering Our Schools,” in cooperation with the Norfolk Historical Society. Authors/presenters: Charles Ford (NSU) Jeffrey Littlejohn (Sam Houston State University), Cassandra Newby-Alexander (NSU), and Sonia Yaco (ODU). Site: NSU’s Harrison B. Wilson Archives. More info: 757-823-8208
Updated 3/03/09