Integrating Schools in Nelson County, Virginia

By TiffanyH

  • Virginia Leads the Way to Brown v. Board of Education

    1955 Brown II. Supreme Court rules that school desegregation must take place with "all deliberate speed."

  • Allowing Integration

    Supreme Court orders Prince Edward County schools reopened.

  • Act Passed

    Civil Rights Act passed.

  • Begin Integration

    Cecile Epps petitions School Board with 83 signatures in request to start integration process in Nelson County.

  • Working on integration

    March- Project Opportunity, a talent development program sponsored by Ford & Danforth Corporations became first integrated educational experience for Nelson County 7th & 8th graders

  • More plans for integration

    School Board adopts Freedom of Choice Plan to desegregate 1, 2, 7, 8, & 12th grades

  • Integration in Nelson County

    School Board closes Nelson Memorial and fully integrates Nelson County High School. Nelson Memorial transitions into an integrated junior high school.

  • First steps for integration

    Green v. New Kent County School Board: Supreme Court established “Green Factors” ruled Freedom of Choice as an unacceptable integration plan.

  • Integration

    Sept. 29- All Nelson County schools are fully integrated

  • Road to Integration

    Alexander v. Holmes Board of Education: Supreme Court eliminates all segregated dual education systems.