Oral History Interview with James Stockard, April 23, 1984
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Title
Oral History Interview with James Stockard, April 23, 1984
Subject
Desegregation
Arlington County School Board
Description
James Stockard elected to the Arlington School Board, after being involved in the PTA, in 1955 and served for 12 ½ years. His time on the School Board was tumultuous; Mr. Stockard experienced the County’s loss of an elected school board and actively campaigned for desegregation in Arlington Public Schools, among other things. His interview, which mentions his Southern identity twice, sheds light on the regional conflicts that riddled the issue of desegregation in Virginia. He was interviewed for the Arlington Public Library Oral History Program by Edmund Campbell in 1984, and his interview is available in its full audio and typed transcript forms. You can also read and listen to excerpts from his oral history, regarding the loss of the elected school board in Arlington County, the multifaceted issues of school desegregation, and the connection made by opponents to integration between desegregation activists and “communists.”
Creator
James Stockard
Source
Arlington County Library Oral History Program
Publisher
Arlington County Library Oral History Program
Date
23-Apr-84
Contributor
Edmund Campbell
Rights
This interview is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the interviews in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited.
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Identifier
stockardj19840423
Coverage
1930s-1980s
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Edmund Campbell
Interviewee
James Stockard
Location
Arlington County, Virginia
Original Format
Cassette
Duration
01:41:40
Bit Rate/Frequency
176kbps
Files
Citation
James Stockard, “Oral History Interview with James Stockard, April 23, 1984,” Project DAPS, accessed May 6, 2024, https://projectdaps.org/items/show/99.
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