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Virginia Society for Preservation of Public Schools, Information Sheet on Referendum Monday
Information Sheet compiled and published by the Virginia Society for Preservation of Public Schools against amending the constitution and tuition grants. 15 pages
Reprint from Virginia Record, 8/1955
Defenders of State Sovereignty, Robert Crawford, William Maxey Jr. William Cocke Jr.
Reprint from Virginia Record, 8/1955
Defenders of State Sovereignty, Robert Crawford, William Maxey Jr. William Cocke Jr.
"Setting the Record Straight," 1959
"Setting the Record Straight," 1959, paper written by Virginia NAACP in response to the Report of the Committee on Offenses Against the Administration of Justice." Deals with allegations regarding misuse and misreporting of funds and not registering…
Pamphlet "Federal Courts Uphold NAACP Action"
Pamphlet "Federal Courts Uphold NAACP Action" recounts successful NAACP legal challenges to attempts by state governments to gain access to NAACP membership lists and other laws restricting NAACP activities. Focuses on cases in Virginia and Alabama.…
Booklet "26th Annual Convention: Voter Registration Workshop," 1961
Booklet describing the Voter Registration Workshop at the 26th Annual Convention, Virginia NAACP, October 14, 1961. Subtitle is "Practicable Applications of NAACP Voter Registration Techniques." Text describes the workshop, providing excerpts and…
Event Excerpts, "Alfred Baker Lewis Luncheon," 1960
"Excerpts from the proceedings of the Alfred Baker Lewis Luncheon held at the Slaughter's Hotel, Richmond, Virginia," on November 29, 1960. Includes summary of Lewis's speech to Virginia NAACP representatives, and summarizes talks by Thomas H.…
"Virginia State Conference of Youth Councils and College Chapters Constitutional Status"
Describes parts of the NAACP Constitution that reference Youth Councils and College Chapters, describes role, qualifications, and duties of NAACP Youth Advisors. Provides guides to working with NAACP youth groups and tools to evaluate the work and…
Magazine article, "A Plan for the Preservation of the Virginia Public School System", by Dr. D.B. Chandler and Dr. Douglas S. Ward, Virginia Journal of Education, February, 1956. 4 pages.
Authors present a plan for the preservation of Virginia Public Schools in the face of the Supreme Court decision. Plan includes: Be consistent with court's requirement for deliberate speed, employ the basic principles of Democracy, respect local…
House Bill No. 340 Offered
Bill to repeal 22-84 through 22-88.1 of the Code of Virginia relating to election of members of school boards in certain counties. This bill was aimed at the elected members of the Arlington County School Board, disbanding the elected board and…
Address of Thos. B. Stanley, Governor, to the General Assembly
Address of the Governor to the General Assembly submitting a bill for a referendum on holding a Constitutional Convention to amend Section 141 of the Constitution of Virginia. 4 pages
House Bill No. 1 Offered
A bill regarding a possible convention to revise and amend Section 141 of the Constitution of Virginia.This bill proposed a constitutional convention in order to adopt the changes to the Virginia Constitution recommended in the Gray Report. 5 pages
In-Service Training Booklet
Booklet explaining the in-service training program, its purpose and history. 7 pages.
"The New Virginia Law to Preserve Racial Integrity," from Virginia Health Bulletin, vol. XVI, March 1924, Extra No. 2
This Extra edition of the Virginia Health Bulletin discusses and reprints Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924. In the Virginia Law to Preserve Racial Integrity, "white" persons were defined as those with "no trace whatsoever of any blood other…
Annual Report of the Executive Director of the Virginia Council on Human Relations, 11/28/1960, 7 pages.
History of Virginia Council on Human Relations 1954-60, Massive Resistance, School Desegregation in Virginia, Prince Edward County, Southwestern Virginia, Student Protest Thalheimers in Richmond, public libraries, housing, employment, voter…
Catholic Principles and the Proposed Amendment of the State Constitution, Virginia Council of Catholic Women, Social Action Committee, 4 pages.
Ethical issues of Catholics concerning Convention to amend Virginia Constitution to allow tuition grants, to be voted on January 9 [1956]
Letter to: Executive Boards of Local Committees, Members of Advisory Board and Individual Members-at-Large, Subject: Urgently Important Mid-summer Report, from: J.L. Buch, President, July 16, 1959.
Letter with attached report addressing, 1. Analysis of Democratic Primary Results, 2. The need for Continuing State Committee Operations, 3. Present Financial Situation, 4. Proposed Budget for August through January, 5. Financial Appeal. 5 pages.
Booklet: "Organizing To Save Public Schools 1956-1959. How Virginians rallied to the defense of the public school system in the Virginia Committee for Public Schools", by William Marion Lightsey. 14 pages.
The purpose of the Virginia Committee for Public Schools "...We affirm our determined support of free public education for every child in Virginia. We believe this should continue to be guarantied by the Constitution of Virginia." Booklet describes…
Letter to: Local Committees for Public Schools, from: William M. Lightsey, Subject: "Analysis of Proposed Constitutional Amendments", April 15, 1959.
Analysis of constitutional changes proposed in House Joint Resolution 23 offered to the Virginia General Assembly by Delegate Wheatley on April 9, repared by Edmund D. Campbell. 3 pages.
Letter: "To the Governor and the Members of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia" from the Virginia Committee for Public Schools, April 6, 1959.
Letter urging Governor and General Assembly to follow the plan in the Majority Report of the Perrow Commission on Education not to amend the Virginia Constitution. 2 pages.