From Pine View Farm

“Massive Resistance” 0

In an article about Longwood University, which was Longwood State Teachers College when my aunt attended it during the roaring 20s (I wonder if she roared? Probably, knowing her) my local rag looks back. A snippet:

In 1951, hundreds of students walked out of Farmville’s all-black high school to protest dismal conditions. Their electrifying strike played directly into the Supreme Court’s ruling three years later that racial segregation of public schools was unconstitutional.

Then, from 1959 to 1964, Prince Edward County public schools were shut down as local officials resisted desegregation orders.

Read the rest.

This is what the New Secesh look back on with longing.

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