@AlanMatenaer [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : I’ve been working on a piece about the desegregation of Clinton High School and was reading through newspapers about it and found this. It’s so sardonic because the same things are still happening today #woke [URL redacted]
"VIRGINIA GETS SCHOOLS PLAN
Governor Asks Assembly to Pass Legislation Meant to Preserve Segregation
RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 27 Gov. Thomas B. Stanley today urged the Virginia General Assembly to adopt a school program giving the state's localities the choice of continuing segregation voluntarily or losing state support of public schools.
'There should be no reason for closing any school in Virginia under this legislation,' Stanley told House and Senate members who jammed into the House chamber for his opening address to a special General Assembly session. He added:
'If any school is closed, it will be because a person, or persons, of one race seeks to force his way into a school in which the opposite race is taught.'"
#PowerControlSegregationDiscrimination
#LiteralSchoolPublic
#ToponymAmericaNorthUSVirginiaContext #LegislationUS1956VirginiaStanleyPlan[Wikipedia]
#1954_USBrownVersusBoardOfEducation
#OrgUSNtlAssocForTheAdvancementOfColoredPeopleNAACP