Booker T. Washington Elementary School and segregated education in Virginia
French SA, Barton C, Flora P. 2007. Booker T. Washington Elementary School and segregated education in Virginia. Historic Resource Study. National Park Service
This report discusses Booker T. Washington Elementary School’s place in the history of the park itself as well as its role in Virginia’s segregated education system during the height of the desegregation controversy. The study concludes that the historical significance of the school rests on its relationship to three important interrelated themes: (1) Virginia’s school equalization campaign of the late 1940s and early 1950s; (2) Booker T. Washington’s post-World World II legacy; and (3) the school’s enduring value to alumni and other residents of Franklin County as a site of memory and source of community pride. The study also confirms that despite the alterations to the building and the site related to its more recent National Park Service uses, the property retains sufficient architectural integrity to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- French, Scot; Barton, Craig; Flora, Peter
- Date of Issue
- 2007-06
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- BOWA , HIST
- Keywords
- Booker T. Washington, Cultural Resources, ehistory, History, Resource Management