Further Reading
If you would like more information on the story of desegregation in Arlington and the Commonwealth of Virginia, we recommend visiting the Center for Local History at Arlington Public Library's Central Branch. There you can find many books on the topic, as well as peruse our vertical files and other resources.
If you are interested in seeing some of our archival materials in person, we would strongly recommend that you first contact us, so that we can have the materials on-hand, as they are often kept off-site.
Other Websites:
- The Amistad Research Center
- The Civil Rights Movement in Virginia, Virginia Historical Society
- Court Documents Related to Segregation in Public Facilities and Schools at the National Archives
- Desegregation of Public Schools at Encyclopedia Virginia
- DOVE - Desegregation of Virginia Education
- Miles to Go: A Report on School Segregation in Virginia, 1989-2010
- The Nauck/Green Valley Heritage Project
- Segregation, Desegregation, and Civil Rights in Virginia, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
- Segregation Topic Page at the Digital Public Library of America
- Television News of the Civil Rights Era, 1950-1970
Selected Secondary Sources in Our Collection:
- Black, White, and Brown : The Landmark School Desegregation Case in Retrospect, by the Supreme Court Historical Society
- A Chink in the Armor : The Black-Led Struggle for School Desegregation in Arlington, Virginia and the End of Massive Resistance, by James McGrath Morris
- Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education, edited by Gary Orfeld, Susan E. Eaton, and The Harvard Project on School Desegregation
- The Federal Role in School Desegregation in Selected Virginia Districts: A Report, by the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Virginia State Advisory Committee
- Freedom's Sword : The NAACP and the Struggle Against Racism in America, 1909-1969, by Gilbert Jonas
- From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality, by Michael J. Klarman
- Integration of Arlington County Schools: My Story, by Dorothy M. Hamm
- "It's Just Me..." The Integration of the Arlington Public Schools, by Arlington Public Schools, and Arlington Educational Television
- Julius Chambers: A Life in the Legal Struggle for Civil Rights Hardcover, by Richard A. Rosen and Joseph Mosnier
- The Making of Massive Resistance: Virginia's Politics of Public School Desegregation, 1954-1956, by Robbins L. Gates
- Managing White Supremacy: Race, Politics, and Citizenship in Jim Crow Virginia, by J. Douglas Smith
- Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP, directed by Mick Caouette
- The Moderates' Dilemma: Massive Resistance to School Desegregation in Virginia, edited by Matthew D. Lassiter and Andrew B. Lewis
- Silent Covenants: Brown v. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform, by Derrick Bell
- Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County: A Family, A Virginia Town, A Civil Rights Battle, by Kristen Green
- Standing Before the Shouting Mob: Lenoir Chambers and Virginia's Massive Resistance to Public-School Integration, by Alexander Leidholdt
- Virginia's Massive Resistance, by Benjamin Muse