Prince Edward County school closings (1959–1964)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Prince_Edward_County_school_closings_(1959–1964)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:action withheld funding from public schools
gptkbp:affects African American students
white students
gptkbp:cause resistance to school desegregation
gptkbp:endDate gptkb:U.S._Supreme_Court_decision_in_Griffin_v._County_School_Board_of_Prince_Edward_County
1964
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Prince Edward County school closings (1959–1964)
gptkbp:legacy significant impact on civil rights movement
educational disruption for a generation of students
gptkbp:location gptkb:Prince_Edward_County,_Virginia
gptkbp:noPublicEducationFor African American students
gptkbp:notableFor longest public school closure to avoid desegregation in U.S. history
gptkbp:privateSchoolsOpenedFor white students
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Massive_Resistance
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkbp:response gptkb:Prince_Edward_County_Board_of_Supervisors
gptkbp:resultedIn public schools closed for five years
gptkbp:startDate 1959
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Prince_Edward_County,_Virginia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6