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Statement of Arlington Delegate Harrison Mann explaining his decision to vote for the referendum regarding holding a constitutional conventional. 2 pages

Registration Record, Arlington Committee To Preserve Public Schools.

Registration card to join the Arlington Committee to Preserve Public Schools, lists the objectives and principles of the Organizing Committee

Explanation of eight questions before the voters prepared by the Office of the County Manager. One concerns changing the State Constitution to allow school boards to be allowed to borrow against the Virginia Supplemental Retirement System for the…

Page 210 of document written by General Robert E. Lee by his son, Captain Robert E. Lee, regarding General Lee's dedication to education in the south.

Receipt for $2.90 donated to the NAACP by Rose Rovin, dated February 14, 1961.

Description of Barbara Marx's work with the NAACP since 1949, and announcement of the intention of local NAACP members to plan a testimonial to get Marx a Lifetime Membership to the NAACP. Paper is dated 1956.

Random handwritten note.

Information Sheet prepared by State Senator Charles R. Fenwick, a member of the Governor's Education Commission, regarding the question of amending Section 141 of the State Constitution. 6 pages.

Most common questions asked about the "who, what and why" of the Committees for Public Schools. 9 questions and answers. 2 pages.

Completed questionnaire of the Alexandria Branch, NAACP, regarding the "progress of integration" in Alexandria. Contains information on the local NAACP branch and contacts with other activist organizations.

Photo of Queen Street in the Arlington View neighborhood, formerly known as Johnson's Hill, the neighborhood where Hoffman-Boston Junior-Senior High was located. Car parked in driveway.

Photo of a house on Queen Street in the Arlington View neighborhood, formerly known as Johnson's Hill, the neighborhood where Hoffman-Boston Junior-Senior High was located. Car parked in driveway.

View 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 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 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.

The corner of S. Queen St. and 15th St. S. in the Arlington View neighborhood, formerly known as Johnson's Hill, the neighborhood where Hoffman-Boston Junior-Senior High was located.

Letters to the Editor of an unknown paper supporting the voucher component of the Gray Commission in response to the editorial "Public Funds, Public Schools".

Gray Commission Report. Handwritten notes on first page regarding price fixing, raising teacher salary. Commission report regarding the effect of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United states in school segregation cases. 20 pages

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…