Oral History with Evelyn Syphax, February 9, 1984

Oral History with Evelyn Syphax, February 9, 1984

Desegregation

Evelyn Syphax came to Arlington as a teacher at the then-segregated, all-black Langston Elementary School. Ms. Syphax continued teaching and improving Arlington Schools; she was appointed to the School Board in 1980 and became Chairperson of the School Board in 1982. She was dedicated to educational opportunity for all students, and had a particular focus on the unique situation of black students in the county. She was interviewed by Edmund Campbell on February 9, 1984, and that oral history is available in its full audio and typed transcript forms. You can also read and listen to excerpts from the interview, regarding the segregation of schools at the personnel and administrative level as well as the impacts of busing.

Evelyn Syphax

Arlington County Library Oral History Program

Arlington County Library Oral History Program

9-Feb-84

Theda Nichols

This interview is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the interviews in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited.

English

Oral History

syphaxe19840209

Theda Nichols

Evelyn Syphax

Arlington, Virginia

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