Massive Resistance at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk

THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM RECENTLY OPENED ITS NEWEST EXHIBIT.
ITS CALLED 50 YEARS LATER: THE LESSONS OF MASSIVE RESISTANCE.. PICTURES, NEWS ARTICLES, AND SCHOOL MEMORABILIA DOCUMENT EVENTS LEADING TO THE CLOSING OF SIX ALL-WHITE SCHOOLS IN NORFOLK. VIRGINIAS THEN-GOVERNOR CLOSED THE SCHOOLS FROM SEPTEMBER OF 1958 TO FEBRUARY 1959 IN A LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO AVOID DESEGREGATION.
THE 17 BLACK STUDENTS WHO INTEGRATED THE SCHOOLS ARE KNOWN AS THE NORFOLK 17. THE THOUSANDS OF WHITE STUDENTS BANNED FROM GOING TO SCHOOL BECAME THE LOST CLASS OF 1959 MEMBERS OF BOTH WERE ON HAND FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEW EXHIBIT.. 50 YEARS LATER: THE LESSONS OF MASSIVE RESISTANCE WILL BE AT THE CHRSYLER UNTIL MARCH 1, 2009. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MASSIVE RESISTANCE, LOG ON TO W-W-W-DOT-NORFOLK-DOT-GOV-SLASH E M R. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM, VISIT THE CHRYSLERS WEB PAGE AT WWW.CHRYSLER.ORG, WWW.NORFOLK.GOV

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