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University of Richmond student Cheleah Jackson and members of One Voice Chorusin Wythe: A Drama in Black and White…And So Much More, a 2012 play about desegregation, which was written and produced by students in the University of Richmond…

An article on the "uprisings" taking place in universities across the nation after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. From The Proscript, the student newspaper of The Richmond Professional Institute (RPI), published from 1939 until May of…

Joe Crenshaw and members of the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) protest racism at Fort Lee in Petersburg, Virginia

African-American students read as they stage a sit-in at a Woolworth’s in a Richmond, Virginia during the early 1960s.

A letter sent to Mrs. Crockford from Maria F. Rachel. In the letter she discusses her concerns of the possible displacement of her children due to the School Board's desegregation policy.

A large rally being held in response to race riots after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Virginia State Capitol grounds in Richmond, Virginia.

Broken windows in a corner store in downtown Richmond, Virginia as a result of riots following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A group of riot police arrest an African-American man during riots in Richmond, Virginia following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A revised summary of explanation of the policies for school desegregation plans under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Data documenting black and white rates of maternal and infant mortality.