Vicki Lapedes letter to J. Lindsay Almond [manuscript], 1958 September 21.

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Vicki Lapedes letter to J. Lindsay Almond [manuscript], 1958 September 21.

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Vicki Lapedes writes to Gov. Almond concerning the closing of city schools as part of Virginia's massive resistance to school desegregation. Miss Lapedes states that the children of Charlottesville have "had just about enough vacation. Please open Venable School, pronto." She concludes by saying "I think you might stand up in Senator Byrd's eyes if you clear this whole thing up."

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Lapedes, Vicki.

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Student at Venable Elementary School, Charlottesville, Va. From the description of Vicki Lapedes letter to J. Lindsay Almond [manuscript], 1958 September 21. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 397612641 ...

Venable School (Charlottesville, Va.)

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Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986

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Lawyer, of Roanoke and Richmond, Va.; Roanoke City Hustings Court judge; member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1945-1948; Attorney General of Virginia, 1948-1957; Governor of Virginia, 1959-1962; judge, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1963-1986. From the description of Papers, 1850-1987. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 33953204 Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Mari...

Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966

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Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Maritn Dalton. he received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary as well as his law degree. Dalton was Commonwealth's Attorney for Radford, Virginia and state senator from 1944-1960. He was the Republican Party candidate for governor in 1953 and 1957. Dalton was appointed federal judge for the Western District of Virginia. His adopted son was John N. Dalton who served as governor of...