School Desegregation Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1947-1960 , A&M 1648

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Abstract

Clippings on the desegregation of schools, giving an account of the school integration controversy and the fight for African American civil rights from 1954 to 1960 in West Virginia and across the country. Articles come from a variety of newspapers, including the Christian Science Monitor , New York Herald Tribune , New York Times , Philadelphia Inquirer , Wall Street Journal , Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette , Wheeling (W.Va.) Intelligencer , Wheeling News-Register , Columbus (Ohio) Star , Richmond (Va.) Afro-American , Richmond Planet , and several papers from Pittsburgh. Magazines include Life, Look, the Saturday Evening Post , Esquire , Holiday, U.S. News and World Report, Time, Newsweek, Crisis, and Cope. Clippings were compiled by Harry H. Jones and are organized in chronological order from 1954 to 1960, not by newspaper or subject. Collection is also available on microfilm.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], School Desegregation Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, A&M 1648, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Clippings are organized in two series--Series I. Notebook Clippings and Series 2. Unmounted Clippings and can be found in their original format and on microfilm.

The original materials are organized as follows for Series I: Box 1, May-October 1954; Box 2, November 1954-February 1955; Box 3, March-June 1955; Box 4, June-July 1955; Box 5, August-December 1955; Box 6, January-March 1956; Box 7, April-August 1956; Box 8, September-November 1956; Box 9, December 1956-July 1957, 1958, 1959; Box 10, June-August 1957. For Series II: Box 1, 1947-September 1957; Box 2, September 1957-November 1957; Box 3, December 1957-July 1958; Box 4, August 1958-June 1960. Magazine articles are also located in an additional box.

The collection is organized as follows on microfilm. Series I: Reel 1, May 1954-February 1955; Reel 2, March 1955-July 1955; Reel 3, August 1955-March 1956; Reel 4, April 1956-November 1956; Reel 5, December 1956-July 1957, 1958, 1959. For Series II: Reel 1, 1947-November 1957; Reel 2, December 1957-1960; Reel 3, magazine articles.