Comments on: Fifty Years Ago Today, a Massive Resistance

By: toni m

toni m — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:26:50 +0000

dude i wish they would give scholarships to the kids or grandkids…second pic is my dad and my uncle and i could used some college help

By: Linda W

Linda W — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:50:51 +0000

Interesting post. I was still in elementary school in 1958, in Fairfax County. My parents (who were originally from the midwest) got involved in “Save Our Schools” in hopes of keeping our public schools open. Fortunately, our county schools did not close and eventually integrated successfully, albeit very slowly.

By: Alison Hymes

Alison Hymes — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:10:22 +0000

A law was passed in the past few years by the Virginia General Assembly establishing a scholarship fund for that county’s students who were denied an education. It seemed too little, too late to me. And really would have made more sense to award scholarship money to their children and grandchildren given their age, unless I misunderstood or misremember the bill that was passed. In other words, not much was done to make amends to them.