50 Years Later: The Lessons of Massive Resistance
Dec 20, 2008 (Saturday) to
Mar 1, 2009 (Sunday)
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Event details: 50 Years Later: The Lessons of Massive Resistance
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As part of a city-wide commemoration marking the 50th anniversary of the end of massive resistance, this exhibition highlights the historic period by chronologically displaying photographs, and documents, and clippings showing the people and places that forever changed of Norfolk’s schools.
50 Years Later: The Lessons of Massive Resistance tells the often heroic story of the reopening Norfolk public schools after Virginia Governor Lindsay Almond closed six all-white schools in Norfolk rather than agree to court-ordered desegregation.
For nearly five months, almost 10,000 students were denied educational opportunities until February 2, 1959 when the famous “Norfolk 17” entered those six formerly all-white schools, finally adhering to Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas decision.
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Chrysler Museum of Art
The Chrysler Museum of Art combines, under a single administrative umbrella, one of America's great fine arts museums and two significant historic houses.In addition to maintaining a distinguished permanent collection, the Chrysler offers a comprehensive program of changing exhibitions and education activities for visitors of all ages. Our goal is to bring people and original works of art together. We believe that a visit to a museum should be both educational, providing visitors with a chance to learn more about themselves and their world, and fun.
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