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Title	White Norfolk Public School Students at Oscar Smith High School - South Norfolk, Virginia
Date	1958-10-13
Time Period	1950s Massive Resistance (1956 – 1959) Civil Rights Movement (1955 – 1968)
Description	Interior photograph of Oscar Smith High School's front entrance filled with Norfolk Public School students on October 13, 1958. Roughly 940 Norfolk Public School students attended night classes held at Oscar Smith High School in South Norfolk (now in City of Chesapeake) to try to keep up with their studies during the school closure, a result of the Norfolk public schools refusal to integrate. The students were coming from Maury, Granby, and Norview High Schools & Northside, Blair, and Norview Junior High Schools.
Subjects	Oscar Frommel Smith High School (South Norfolk, Chesapeake, Va.) Massive resistance (Southern states history, 1956-1964)--Virginia. South Norfolk (Chesapeake, Va.)--History.
Keywords	Oscar Frommel Smith High School Night School Norfolk Public Schools Students Massive Resistance Buildings High School Schools Norview High School Maury High School Granby High School Blair Junior High School Northside Junior High School Norview Junior High School Rodgers Street Norfolk, Virginia
Location	South Norfolk (Va.)
Location (See also)	Chesapeake (Va.)
Photographer	Guthrie, Clifton
Newspaper	Virginian-Pilot Newspaper
Repository	The Virginian-Pilot;
Host Institution	Norfolk Public Library (Va.);
Copyright Holder	The Virginian-Pilot;
Usage Rights	This image is copyrighted by The Virginian-Pilot. It may be used for educational purposes. To use this picture for personal or commercial purposes, you need to contact the Virginian-Pilot Photo Department (757-446-2390).
File Name	AA-FN61377 - 20 copy.jpg
Genre/Form	Photograph
Type	Still Image;
Original Format	Film Negative
Original Dimensions	2 1/2 x 2 1/2"
Digital Format	JPEG
Notes	See the Virgnian-Pilot issue: October 14, 1958.
Source	The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection, FN61377.
Collection	The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection
Related Collections or Materials	SMC Photograph Collection; Norfolk Public Schools's School Board Minutes at Sargeant Memorial Collection - Norfolk Public Library; DOVE (Desegregation of Virginia Education) Project at Old Dominion University Libraries - Special Collections
GPS Coordinates	36.801690, -76.272336

White Norfolk Public School Students at Oscar Smith High School - South Norfolk, Virginia

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