vculibraries:Protesting segregation at the State Theater in Farmville, Virginia, 1963 A police
vculibraries:Protesting segregation at the State Theater in Farmville, Virginia, 1963 A police photographer records the actions of student protesters attempting to purchase tickets to King Kong vs. Godzilla at the whites-only State Theater. Some students hid their faces to thwart the evidence gathering, while others, like Darwyn White, smiled a challenge.State Theater Protest photographs from the VCU Libraries’ Freedom Now Project. On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education: “in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place.” Change would come too slowly, but the decision was a landmark for the nation.VCU Libraries Freedom Now Project gives you the opportunity to explore photographs from one Virginia county’s response to Brown v. Board of Education. -- source link
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