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Granby High School Students' "Open the Schools" Rally - Norfolk, Virginia
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Granby High School Students' "Open the Schools" Rally - Norfolk, Virginia
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Title
Granby
High
School
Students
' "
Open
the
Schools
"
Rally
-
Norfolk
,
Virginia
Date
1958-09-29
Time Period
1950s
Massive Resistance (1956 – 1959)
Civil Rights Movement (1955 – 1968)
Description
September
29
,
1958
photograph
of
Granby
High
School
students
signing
a
petition
requesting
that the
schools
reopen
. The
petition
read
: "
We
, the
undersigned
,
students
of
Granby
High
School
,
feel
that the
most
important
part
of the
problem
facing
our
state
today
is
the
education
of its
youth
.
Taking
an
unbiased
stand
on the
integration
problem
,
we
implore
the
officials
concerned
to
use
all
expediency
in
reopening
our
public
schools.
" The
students
,
led
by their
school's
student
government
,
staged
an "
Open
the
Schools
"
rally
on
Granby
High
School
grounds
before
being
asked
to
leave
by
police
. They
moved
to the
parking
lot
of the
Masonic
Temple
beside
the
school
where
they
continued
to
hold
the
rally
.
Subjects
Granby High School (Norfolk, Va.)
Norfolk Public Schools (Norfolk, Va.)
School integration--Virginia--Norfolk--History--20th century.
Massive resistance (Southern states history, 1956-1964)--Virginia.
Keywords
Granby High School
Protest
Demonstrations
Massive Resistance
Norfolk Masonic Temple
Parking lots
Oxford Street
Students
Norfolk Public Schools
Schools
Petition
Talbot Park
Norfolk, Virginia
Location
Norfolk (Va.)
Photographer
Guthrie, Clifton
Newspaper
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch 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 - 60 copy.jpg
Genre/Form
Photograph
Type
Still Image;
Original Format
Film Negative
Original Dimensions
2 1/2 x 2 1/2"
Digital Format
JPEG
Headline
Students
Rally
for
Open
Schools
;
Notes
See
the
Norfolk
Ledger-Dispatch
,
9/30/1958
.
Source
The
Virginian-Pilot
Photograph
Collection
,
FN61377
.
Collection
The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection
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GPS Coordinates
36.905769, -76.278183
Norfolk AIR GPIN
36.905769, -76.278183
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