1 März 1959 Jahr - Two courts ordered Prince Edward County schools to integrate; county closed the entire public school system instead.

Beschreibung:

White officials created private schools for white children; schools supported by tuition grants from the state/tax credits from the county. Prince Edward Academy became a prototype for all-white private schools formed to protest integration. No schools created to educate Black children, except some small schools created by families in nearby communities of schools in church basements.