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Title	Two Young Girls Applied to Attend a White School - Norfolk, Virginia
Date	1958-08-25
Time Period	1950s Massive Resistance (1956 – 1959) Civil Rights Movement (1955 – 1968)
Description	A mother and her two daughters, talking with attorney Oliver W. Hill of Richmond outside of the U.S. District Court on Granby Street on August 25, 1958. She had come to apply for her daughters to attend a white school.
Subjects	Massive resistance (Southern states history, 1956-1964)--Virginia. Norfolk Public Schools (Norfolk, Va.)--Trials, litigation, etc. School integration--Virginia--Norfolk--History--20th century. African American students--Virginia--Norfolk--History--20th century. African Americans--Education--Virginia--Norfolk. Hill, Oliver W., 1907-2007.
Keywords	Hill, Oliver W. African Americans Students US Federal District Court Downtown Norfolk Granby Street Massive Resistance Persons Law and Courts Norfolk, Virginia
Location	Norfolk (Va.)
Photographer	Clark, Neal
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-FN60189 - 2 copy.jpg
Genre/Form	Photograph
Type	Still Image;
Original Format	Film Negative
Original Dimensions	35mm;
Digital Format	JPEG
Headline	Negro Applicants and Attorney;
Notes	See Virginian-Pilot issue: August 26, 1958.
Source	The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection, FN60189.
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	36.853582, -76.288746
Norfolk AIR GPIN	36.853582, -76.288746

Two Young Girls Applied to Attend a White School - Norfolk, Virginia

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