Warren County High School and Massive Resistance
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Markerman62
N 38° 54.968 W 078° 11.884
17S E 742931 N 4311202
Site of African American protest and win for integration.
Waymark Code: WM12ZRG
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/16/2020
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Warren County High School, a Public Works Administrative project, was constructed in 1940. In 1958, the local NAACP chapter, lead by James W. Kilby, won a federal suit against the Warren County School Board to admit African Americans for the first time, in response, Gov. Jame Lindsay Almond Jr. ordered it closed in Sept. 1958, the first school in Virginia shut down under the state's Massive Resistance strategy. Following the 1959 Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruling that Massive Resistance was unconstitutional, a U.S. Circuit Court ordered it reopened. On 18 Feb. 1959, 23 African American students walked up this hill and integrated the school.
Department of Historic Resources, 2010
Marker Number: J n22
Marker Title: Warren County High School and Massive Resistance
Marker Location: On Luray Avenue at Oakridge Court, Front Royal
County or Independent City: Warren County
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources
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