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Vote for Public Schools

One-page flyer prepared by the Norfolk Committee for Public Schools instructing people to vote to petition the governor to re-open schools by January…

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.

Virginia Governor Thomas B. Stanley audio file

Virginia Governor Thomas B. Stanley calling for ''cool heads, calm, steady and sound judgment'' as he reacts to the 1954 Supreme Court ruling.

Virginia Beach General Hospital is Established

Virginia Beach General Hospital, the first hospital in Virginia Beach, opens at 25th Street and Arctic Avenue near the Oceanfront. In 1965, the…

View of the top of the New Science Building looking Northwest

View of the top of the New Science Building looking Northwest.