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EWP 2-5A Petition Regarding Overcrowding and Curricular Concerns at Douglass High School (circa 1952)

Item

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EWP 2-5A Petition Regarding Overcrowding and Curricular Concerns at Douglass High School (circa 1952)

Description

This scanned document addresses overcrowded conditions and inadequate support for curricular requirements at Douglass High School in Leesburg, Virginia. The committee, appointed by the County-Wide League, authored the petition to urge the Loudoun County School Board to take action in preparation for the 1952–1953 school year. The document emphasizes that the school is in jeopardy of not meeting the standards set by the State Board of Education in Richmond, Virginia. It also notes that this is the third formal request to address the school's needs, with prior requests made in 1948 and again in 1950.

Tag

Douglass High School; Black High School; Jim Crow; Separate but Not Equal; 1952 Petition; School Overcrowding; County-Wide League; Loudoun County School BoardSee all items with this value

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Place

Virginia

Identifier

1015362

Is Version Of

1015362_EWP_Petition_Douglas1952.pdf

Is Part Of

Black Petitions

Format

PDF Document

Publisher

Digitized by Edwin Washington Project

Rights

Loudoun County Public Schools

Language

English

Replaces

/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest One/2 Petitions Plans School Board and Districts/2-5A_Colored_Petitions/Old_FIle_Petitions_Colored_Schools/Petition_Douglas_1945/EWP_Petition_Douglas1952.pdf

File Size

4.8 MB

Number of Pages

3

Category

2-5A Colored Petitions

Item sets

Black Petitions