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DOVE: Resources for Further Study

Introduction to Region 7

The Western region of Virginia (Valley and Blue Ridge) includes the following cities:		Counties in this region include:
Bedford Buena Vista Charlottesville Clifton Forge Covington Harrisonburg	Lexington Lynchburg Roanoke Salem Staunton Waynesboro	Albemarle Alleghany Amherst Augusta Bath Bedford Botetourt Craig Franklin	Greene Highland Madison Nelson Page Rappahannock Roanoke Rockbridge Rockingham Shenandoah

Resources by Type

Gaston, P. M. H. T. T. (1962). Public school desegregation: Charlottesville, Virginia, 1955-62. [Charlottesville, Va.?].
Holden, A. (1974). The bus stops here; a study of school desegregation in three cities. New York: Agathon Press.
James, M. E. (2005). The conspiracy of the good: civil rights and the struggle for community in two American cities, 1875-2000. New York: P Lang.

Poff, Marietta E. 2016. “School Desegregation in Roanoke, Virginia: The Black Student Perspective.” Journal of Negro Education 85 (4): 433–43.

Poff, M. E. (2014). School Desegregation in Roanoke, Virginia: The Black Student Perspective. (PHD Dissertation), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

WSLS-TV (Roanoke, VA) News Film Collection, 1951 to 1971
Searching "school integration" as a subject leads to 158 news items; 38 of those include "massive resistance."
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The WSLS-TV collection spans 1951 to 1971 and comprises approximately 13,000 clips of 16mm film shown during news programs. It also contains roughly 18,000 pages of the accompanying scripts read on air by anchorpersons.

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