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Citizen's Committee for School Improvement activities with County Board, parents, resolutions

Problems of Negro Citizens in Arlington, segregation in restaurants, movies, playgrounds, segregated recreation programs, hospitals, rental properties, job hiring, Arlington County Human Relations Council

Condensed report by the Social Action Committee of the Rock Spring Congregational Church of an inquiry into the desegregation of Montgomery County, Md. Public Schools chosen because of the similarities of that county with Arlington. Originally…

Condensed report by the Social Action Committee of the Rock Spring Congregational Church of an inquiry into the desegregation of Montgomery County, Md. Public Schools chosen because of the similarities of that county with Arlington. Originally…

Side by side essays by No, John Keats and Yes, Herbert L. Brown, Jr. Keats asserts schools are stifling young minds where as Brown contends public schools are superior over private schools.

Defenders of State Sovereignty, Robert Crawford, William Maxey Jr. William Cocke Jr.

Defenders of State Sovereignty, Robert Crawford, William Maxey Jr. William Cocke Jr.

Resolution number 211 to commend the National Education Association and the Teaching Profession for supporting "American Legion Americanism." 2 pages

Results Of Testing Program All Pupils, 1954-55, issued by the Arlington County Publics Schools Department Of Research, September 28, 1955. Includes comparison of National norms vs Arlington norm test scores. 2 pages.

Second issue of the Arlington Public Schools' fact sheet. Sections include the postponement of Supreme Court Arguments; the Arlington School Board's Statement at a public hearing in Richmond; a brief Virginia filed in an integration case; the PTA…

Booklet presenting a conservative, gradualist case for integrating public schools in the South and the need for the Christian Church to intervene in problems of juvenile delinquency. 17 pages

Document detailing the local, state, and Federal sources of funding for Arlington Public Schools. The figures were presented by Superintendent T. Edward Rutter at a meeting of the Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public…

Article written by a faculty wife at the University of Virginia, describing the phenomenon that she and other Southerners supported integration but thought they were alone in their beliefs, and that integration can and should happen. Article is cut…

Speech by Delegate Kathryn H. Stone to the House of Delegates, General Assembly of Virginia, December 2, 1955, voicing her person conviction that "the attitude of defiance of the Supreme Court's decision" is the wrong way to seek a solution to…

Speech by Delegate Kathryn H. Stone to the House of Delegates, General Assembly of Virginia, December 2, 1955, voicing her person conviction that "the attitude of defiance of the Supreme Court's decision" is the wrong way to seek a solution to…

Statement to build high schools as part of established long-range plan. High schools were planned o meet Richmond's needs long before integration problem arose. Discusses how integration may affect Richmond School system. Expresses the opinion that…

Statement of Delegate Robert Whitehead of Nelson County. Whitehead declares "that under existing law no board of supervisors, by an attempt to withhold funds, has the power to cause the public schools in its county to close." 2 pages

Flyer outlining a statement of principles regarding government structure, published by the News-Virginian of Waynesboro, Virginia.

Statement of Robert Whitehead of Nelson County to Associated Press, December 17, 1955 re decision of Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals that certain legislation passed by the General Assembly of Virginia re education in private institutions is…

Pamphlet advocating for the establishment of public kindergartens. Published by the National Kindergarten Association. 3 pages