Sign ("Dictatorship") on tree, Powhatan County, Va., 1962-1963
| Title: | Sign ("Dictatorship") on tree, Powhatan County, Va., 1962-1963. |
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| Name(s): |
Peeples, Edward H. (Edward Harden), 1935-2019, photographer James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives, contributor VCU Libraries, publisher |
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| Type of Resource: | still image | |
| Genre: | Photograph | |
| Date Created: | 1962-1963 | |
| Physical Form: | black and white negative | |
| Extent: | 6 x 9 cm. | |
| Digitization Process: | Scanned with Epson Expression 10000 XL, using Photoshop CS4, at 8-bit grayscale, 1200 ppi. | |
| Abstract/Description: | Sign on tree on U.S. route 60 in Powhatan County, Va., on south side of the highway about two miles from the Cumberland County line. It followed an order by Federal District Judge John Butzner to admit six African Americans to two Powhatan County Public Schools and also enjoining county officials from closing schools to avoid desegregation. | |
| Identifier(s): | CONTENTdm ID: pec/id/151 (CONTENTdm ID) | |
| Subject(s): |
Posters Powhatan County (Va.) Posters -- Virginia -- Powhatan County -- History -- Pictorial works Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Powhatan County -- History County: Powhatan County (Va.) |
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| LC Classification: | LA380.P74 | |
| Rights Statement URL: | https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ | |
| Rights Statement: | In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted | |
| Rights: | This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required. | |
| Is Part Of: | Collection: Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools. | |
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