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Order by Judge Hoffman that no action be taken with respect to plaintiffs motion filed on May 12, 1958.

Judge Hoffman orders that all applications from Negro children for transfer must be acted upon with "all reasonable dispatch"

Lester Banks, executive secretary of the Virginia NAACP, testifies at the General Assembly's hearing on public school integration, September 5, 1956 (1:10)

From Library of Virginia collection "Radio in Virginia" https://www.lva.virginia.gov/exhibits/radio/audio/Lester_Banks(clip).mp3

Virginians! (Flier from the State Referendum Information Center)

Political flier advocating for Virginia voters to vote for a special state convention in order to preserve segregation and the public school system.

Northside Teacher Excorts Pupil

Photo accompanying a Virginian-Pilot article

Reginald Young and Lolita Portis leaving Blair Junior High School with other students on the first day of school, February 2, 1959.

Photo accompanying Virginian-Pilot article: As Schools Reopened: In the Cold Air ... a Sense of Anticipation

Homeward Bound

Photo on front page of Virginian-Pilot