Interview with John A. Stokes (Transcript)

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Abstract/Description: John A. Stokes, of Lanham, Maryland, educator, retired principal, Baltimore City Public Schools, one of the leaders of the student strike at the R.R. Moton High School in Prince Edward County, Virginia in 1951. Stokes provides a "behind the scenes" report on the famous Barbara Johns-led student walkout and its aftermath. Mr. Stokes also discussed the conditions of the schools in Prince Edward County; the role of parents and clergy in the strike; the early involvement of the NAACP in Prince Edward County; and rural life in segregated Virginia.
Subject(s): Stokes, John A.
Coverage: Virginia
Date Created: 2003/03/21
Title: Interview with John A. Stokes (Transcript).
Name(s): Carrington, Ronald E., interviewer
James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives, contributor
Virginia Civil Rights Movement Video Initiative, producer
VCU Libraries, publisher
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Text
Oral history
Date Created: 2003/03/21
Extent: 34 p.
Abstract/Description: John A. Stokes, of Lanham, Maryland, educator, retired principal, Baltimore City Public Schools, one of the leaders of the student strike at the R.R. Moton High School in Prince Edward County, Virginia in 1951. Stokes provides a "behind the scenes" report on the famous Barbara Johns-led student walkout and its aftermath. Mr. Stokes also discussed the conditions of the schools in Prince Edward County; the role of parents and clergy in the strike; the early involvement of the NAACP in Prince Edward County; and rural life in segregated Virginia.
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This interview was conducted March 21, 2003 at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond. Ronald E. Carrington, President of Media Consultants Global, Inc. of Richmond, was the director-producer of the video taping and interviewed the interviewees. Historian Dr. Betsy Brinson conducted preliminary oral interviews. The text of the oral history was transcribed by Halasz Reporting and Video, Richmond. Other editing by the staff of Special Collections and Archives, VCU Libraries.
Subject(s): Stokes, John A.
Coverage: Virginia
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