LibGuides: DOVE: Resources for Further Study: Region 1. Southwest

Introduction to Region 1

The Southwest (Appalachian) region of Virginia
includes the following cities:

Bristol
Galax
Norton
Radford

Counties in this region include:

Bland
Buchanan
Carroll
Dickenson
Floyd
Giles
Grayson
Lee
Montgomery

Patrick
Pulaski
Russell
Scott
Smyth
Tazewell
Washington
Wise
Wythe

Resources by Type

"Slipping Toward Segregation: Local Control and Eroding Desegregation in Montgomery County." In Orfield, Gary and Susan E. Eaton, Eds. 1996. Dismantling desegregation: The quiet reversal of Brown v. Board of Education. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. (LC212.62.O72 1996)

Poff, Marietta Elizabeth. "School Desegregation in Roanoke, Virginia: The Black Student Perspective." Dissertation, Virginia Tech, 2014. WorldCat. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/56661.

Corbin v. County School Board of Pulaski County, Va., 84 F. Supp. 253 (W.D. Va. 1949)
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Filed: May 2nd, 1949
Docket Number: Civil Action No. 341
Judges: Barksdale