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Title	High School Admission Tests at John Marshall School - Norfolk, Virginia
Date	1958-07-29
Time Period	1950s Massive Resistance (1956 – 1959) Civil Rights Movement (1955 – 1968)
Description	Photograph of African American students being interviewed by a newspaper reporter. The students and their parents came to John Marshall School to take high school admission tests on July 29, 1958. These tests were used to determine placement in the three white high schools in the fall. Sixteen students reported to take the tests while another 16 students did not. The sixteen students who did take the tests were: Carole L. Branch, Claude Copeland, Patricia Godbolt, Alvarez Gonsouland, Delores Johnson, Samuel C. Merritt III, Susan V. Nixon, Bileroy Nixon, Vernon Privott, Hamilton Beale, David Fitchett Jr., Ronald Osborn, Robert F. Spencer Jr., William B. Spencer, Dorothy E. Tally, and Floyd Murden. No students from this group would be part of the initial group to integrate the Norfolk Public Schools.
Subjects	Public schools -- Virginia -- Norfolk. Norfolk Public Schools (Norfolk, Va.) School integration--Virginia--Norfolk--History--20th century. Massive resistance (Southern states history, 1956-1964)--Virginia.
Keywords	John Marshall School Omohundro Avenue 15th Street Fifteenth Street Norfolk Public Schools Students testing Massive Resistance Ghent Branch, Carole L. Copeland, Claude Godbolt, Patricia Gonsouland, Alvarez Johnson, Delores Merritt, Samuel C. Nixon, Susan V. Nixon, Bileroy Privott, Vernon Beale, Hamilton Fitchett, David Osborn, Ronald Spencer, Robert F. Spencer, William B. Tally, Dorothy E. Murden, Floyd Norfolk, Virginia
Location	Norfolk (Va.)
Photographer	Guthrie, Clifton
Newspaper	Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch
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 - 97 copy.jpg
Genre/Form	Photograph
Type	Still Image;
Original Format	Film Negative
Original Dimensions	2 x 2"
Digital Format	JPEG
Headline	Bids to Mix in 8 Schools Made by 23 Negro Children;
Notes	See Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 07/29/1958.
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	36.863469, -76.287794
Norfolk AIR GPIN	36.863469, -76.287794

High School Admission Tests at John Marshall School - Norfolk, Virginia

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