"The New Virginia Law to Preserve Racial Integrity"
Description
In the Virginia Law to Preserve Racial Integrity, "white" persons were defined as those with "no trace whatsoever of any blood other than Caucasian" or "one-sixteenth or less of the blood of the American Indian." The second part of the definition was included to appease a group of prominent Virginians who claimed to be descendants of Pocahontas and John Rolfe.
Source
Virginia Health Bulletin, vol. XVI, March 1924. Pamphlet. Rockbridge County Clerk's Correspondence, 1912-1943. Local Government Records Collection. The Library of Virginia.12-1245-005/006/007.
]]>https://lva.omeka.net/items/show/2“Segregation declared unconstitutional” headline from Tribune (Roanoke)]]>2014-10-14T02:22:22-04:00
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“Segregation declared unconstitutional” headline from Tribune (Roanoke)
Description
The Tribune, advertised as "the only negro newspaper published in Southwest Virginia," made the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education their top story. They reported that the Court would hear arguments later in the year on "how and when to end the practice" of segregation in schools. Because of the South's adoption of massive resistance, it would take decades for schools to desegregate.
Source
Tribune (Roanoke). The Library of Virginia. 04-0315-04.
]]>https://lva.omeka.net/items/show/5Letter, Robert Leon Bacon, Richmond, to Governor Thomas B. Stanley, Richmond]]>2014-10-14T02:22:22-04:00
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Letter, Robert Leon Bacon, Richmond, to Governor Thomas B. Stanley, Richmond
Description
Robert Leon Bacon described the restrictions that segregation placed on his life and wrote that “Virginia is the mother of presidents but it is not the home of democracy.”
Source
Virginia. Governor (1954–1958: Stanley), Executive Papers, 1954–1958, Acc. 25184. State Government Records Collection. The Library of Virginia. 04-1036-13/14/15.
Date
2 December 1955
Format
Typescript
Original Format
Manuscript
]]>https://lva.omeka.net/items/show/6Virginia State Law Requires All Colored Passengers to Ride in Rear of Bus]]>2014-10-14T02:22:22-04:00
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Virginia State Law Requires All Colored Passengers to Ride in Rear of Bus
Source
Library of Virginia, Special Collections (Broadside. 19– .C58FF). 06-1202-02.
Date
After 1945
Format
Broadside
Original Format
Broadside
]]>https://lva.omeka.net/items/show/34Jane v. Lanier final decree]]>2014-10-14T02:22:22-04:00
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Jane v. Lanier final decree
Source
Petersburg City (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1960, Jane v. Admr. of Edwin Lanier etc., 1840-066. Local Government Records Collections, Petersburg City Court Records, Library of Virginia. 730-1840-066-0035/0037.
Pen and ink drawing of a brick house showing two large trees in front. Artist's signature, "Edward A. Darby," appears in the lower right-hand corner of the drawing.
Pen and ink drawing of a brick house surrounded by trees and landscaping. Artist's signature, "Edward A. Darby," appears in the lower right-hand corner of the drawing.
Albert S. Priddy, Superintendent of the State Colony for Epileptics and the Feebleminded
Description
Dr. A.S. Priddy, the superintendent of the Virginia Colony, assigned Irving Whitehead, a former member of the colony's board, to be Carrie Buck's defense lawyer. Priddy died before the appeals in the case were heard, and John Bell succeeded him.