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Letter to the members from the President of the Winchester Branch of the NAACP, David DeBerry inviting the community to come together to provide voting, education welfare, safety, dignity to all.

"Immediate Problem", how to fight apathy and bring progress to community.

"Three Years Analysis of Virginia Electoral Registrations by City/County and Race," 1959. Sheet gives breakdown of the amount of voter registrations in municipalities across Virginia for 1957, 1958, and 1959, divided into whites and African…

Contains the Acts of Assembly of 1952 and 1954 amending the provisions appearing in the 1950 edition and the Regulations of the State Board of Education adopted since the publication of the 1950 edition.

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…

Flyer announcing "Drive for Charity". Includes handwritten note. 2 pages.

"Voters Guide" issued by League of Women Voters of Arlington County Virginia.

Leaflet deriding current "progressive education" in America's public schools. Presents reasons why public education is being undermined by progressive ideas and how to combat it.

Series of articles addressing problems facing public schools nationwide.

View of 11th St. S. from S. Queen Street in the Arlington View neighborhood, formerly known as Johnson's Hill, the neighborhood where Hoffman-Boston Junior-Senior High was located.

View of 11th St. S. from Queen St., looking east, in the Arlington View neighborhood, formerly known as Johnson's Hill, the neighborhood where Hoffman-Boston Junior-Senior High was located.

View of the intersection of S. Pierce St. and 12th St. S. in the Arlington View neighborhood, formerly known as Johnson's Hill, the neighborhood where Hoffman-Boston Junior-Senior High was located.

View from S. Queen Street looking east down 12th St. South in the Arlington View neighborhood, formerly known as Johnson's Hill, the neighborhood where Hoffman-Boston Junior-Senior High was located.

Proposed Drew School building and additional classroom locations, Desegregation

2 newspaper articles, 4 Of 'Original Seven' Negro Students Intend To Seek Entry In Sept by Dorsey McCarthy, 1958, Northern Virginia Sun, 31 Negro Children Agree To Appear For Arlington School Interviews (by the school placement board) by John Lawson,…

2 newspaper articles, Colored Student Is An Honor Graduate (African-American student Josephine Boyd), June 7, 1958, Norfolk Journal And Guide, Negro Pupil Quiz Slated In Arlington (placement board requests official school records of all…

Newspaper article concerning "First Negro Enrolls in White Adult Class". Newspaper article about Clarissa Thompson receiving scholarship. Clarissa Thompson's name is on the lawsuit that resulted in desegregation in Arlington.

2 Washington Post and Times Herald newspaper articles, the text of Judge Albert V. Bryan's Arlington desegregation order, and brief profile (including photos) of 4 Arlington African-American students, Ronald Deskins, Michael Jones, Lance Newman, and…

2 Washington Post newspaper articles, Bryan Delays Desegregation Until January, by Robert E. Baker, Arlington Heads Sigh With Relief, by John Lawson. Both articles September 18, 1958. Includes photo of Judge Albert V. Bryan.

2 Washington Post newspaper articles, Kaul Asserts Public Favors Integration To Closing Schools (partial article), by John Lawson, August 28,1958, Arlington (School Board) Ready To Assign Pupils, by Robert Baker, August, 17, 1958.