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Michael Jones was one of the first four students to break the segregation barriers in Arlington Public Schools by attending the previously all-white Stratford Junior High School in 1959. Mr. Jones grew up in the Hall’s Hill neighborhood, a…

Constance McAdam was an important figure in Arlington County’s Department of Parks and Recreation. She came to Arlington in 1958 and by the time of her interview had become the Assistant Director of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community…

This is the May 31, 1950 opinion of Martin A. Soper, delivered May 31, 1950, overturning Albert Bryan's dismissal of Carter's 14th Amendment case.

Oral history interview with Edmund Campbell on May 26, 1975. Interviewer is Theda Nichols. Item contains both typed transcript and audio recording.

Oral history interview with Edmund Campbell on April 12, 1991. Interviewer is Cas Cocklin. Item contains both typed transcript and audio recording.

Oral history interview with Elizabeth Campbell on September 3, 1984. Interviewer is Edmund Campbell. Item contains both typed transcript and audio recording.

Carolyn Crittendon attended Hoffman-Boston Junior Senior High School until her senior year in 1964, when the school closed. Ms. Crittendon finished her high school education at the newly desegregated Wakefield High School. This interview was…

Dorothy Hamm moved to Arlington in 1950, around the age of 33, after graduating from Minor Teacher’s College in Washington, D.C. Ms. Hamm lived in Hall’s Hill, a close-knit and supportive African American community in segregated Arlington County. Her…

George Melvin Richardson became the principal of Hoffman-Boston in the early 1950s after graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Langston University and later with a master’s degree from Columbia University, eventually completing the requirements…

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…

Dissertation written by Ophelia Braden Taylor for a Master of Arts in the Department of Edcuation at Howard University, June 1951. Dissertation is broken down into the following sections: Introduction; The Awakening Period, 1870-1899; The Period of…

Broadside: The Negro Citizen in Arlington published by American Council on Human Relations.

A Report to the Arlington Churches on Racial Discrimination in Bowling Alleys and Motels, early 1964.

Report on Housing in Arlington County with Particular Attention Toward Discrimination Toward Negroes by Arlington Council on Human , April 1962 6 pages.

Distribution of Employees Pay Grades 1-6 by Residence, March 21, 1962.: Produced by Arlington County Dept. of Personnel

Sample of Census Tracts

Residence of Arlington County Employees as of March 5, 1960. Document dated March 22, 1962.

Paper written by Dudley P. Babcock as a personal historical perspective on the history of slavery worldwide and particularly in the United States. "It is proposed here to give a very brief overview of these facts [historical and opinion] from an…

Typed editorial letter regarding the Supreme Court decision holding public school segregation to be unconstitutional as in line with the ideal of 'equality under the law', the Declaration of Independence, and the 14th amendment. 3 pages

Washington, May 17 - (AP) - The text of the Supreme Court's decision in the racial segregation cases, read by Chief Justice Warren. 4 pages