Segregated Schools in West Virginia

Image 45 of Educational survey of Wheeling, West Virginia;

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.educationalsurv00unit/?sp=45

Reference note

Contributor Names: United States. Office of Education. [from old catalog]
Created / Published: Washington, Govt. print. off., 1921.
Subject Headings: - Public schools--West Virginia--Wheeling
- Wheeling School District. [from old catalog]
Notes: - Also available in digital form.

Pleasant Green School--one-room colored school near Marlinton, W. Va.--Pocahontas Co. It is one of the best colored schools in the County, with a capable principal holding a first-grade certificate. All the children are Agricultural Club workers. Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/nclc.04341/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Created / Published: 1921 October 6.
Subject Headings: - African Americans
- School children
- One-room schools
- Ring-around-a-rosy
- Segregation
- United States--West Virginia--Pocahontas County--Marlinton
Genre: Photographic prints
Notes: - Title from NCLC caption card.
- In album: Children in West Virginia.
- Hine no. 5026.
- Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 6.
- Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
- General information about the National Child Labor Committee collection is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.nclc
- Forms part of: National Child Labor Committee collection.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: nclc 04341 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.04341
cph 3a29824 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a29824

Negro school. Scotts Run, West Virginia

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017799309/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
Created / Published: 1938 Sept.
Subject Headings: - United States--West Virginia--Monongalia County--Scotts Run
- Morgantown--West Virginia
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes: - Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch6
- Film copy on SIS roll 14, frame 1958.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8c29649 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c29649

The history of education in West Virginia.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/07038898/

Reference note

Contributor Names: West Virginia. State Department of education. [from old catalog]
Created / Published: Charleston, Tribune printing company, 1907.
Subject Headings: - Education--West Virginia--History
- Public schools--West Virginia
Notes: - Also available in digital form.

The development of high schools in West Virginia.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/52059039/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Young, Ida May. [from old catalog]
Created / Published: Chicago, 1922.
Subject Headings: - High schools--West Virginia
Notes: - Also available in digital form.

A Pupil in Pleasant Green School - Pocahontas Co. (See Photo No. 6.) Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.

[Young black men receiving instruction in carpentry, South Charleston, West Virginia]

The McDowell times. [volume], February 05, 1937, Image 1

Reference link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092050/1937-02-05/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1777&index=1&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=sn86092050&words=Colored+colored+School+schools&proxdistance=5&state=West+Virginia&rows=20&ortext=colored+school&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

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Newspaper: The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092050/1937-02-05/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1777&index=1&date2=1...
Image provided by: West Virginia University
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092050/1937-02-05/ed-1/seq-1.pdf

The McDowell times. [volume], July 29, 1938, Image 2

Reference link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092050/1938-07-29/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1777&index=2&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=sn86092050&words=colored+Colored+School+school&proxdistance=5&state=West+Virginia&rows=20&ortext=colored+school&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

Reference note

Newspaper: The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092050/1938-07-29/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1777&index=2&date2=1...
Image provided by: West Virginia University
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092050/1938-07-29/ed-1/seq-2.pdf

The McDowell times. [volume], November 04, 1938, Page FOUR, Image 4

Reference link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092050/1938-11-04/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1777&index=10&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=sn86092050&words=color+colored+Colored+School+schooL+school+SCHOOL+schools&proxdistance=5&state=West+Virginia&rows=20&ortext=colored+school&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

Reference note

Newspaper: The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092050/1938-11-04/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1777&index=10&date2=...
Image provided by: West Virginia University
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092050/1938-11-04/ed-1/seq-4.pdf

School Integration in West Virginia (Charleston Gazette: September 19, 1954)

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Teaching Notes

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Advisory: Due to the historic nature of the subject matter, this resource contains terms that may be considered outdated, offensive, or derogatory.

School segregation is typically associated with the former Confederate States of America but was also required by state law in the "border states" of West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware until the Brown v Board of Education decision in 1954.

To my knowledge, this is the first attempt to create a map of former segregated schools in West Virginia. I only included public elementary and high schools. Private schools and institutions of higher learning were not included.

The map does not include every segregated school known to exist in West Virginia. The precise address or location of a segregated school was lost or "scrubbed" from the record in some cases.

Reference link: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1fcl_zT7GvkAXNCh3oVmfPXDk5ERANeY&usp=sharing

Reference note

Advisory: Due to the historic nature of the subject matter, this resource contains terms that may be considered outdated, offensive, or derogatory.

School segregation is typically associated with the former Confederate States of America but was also required by state law in the "border states" of West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware until the Brown v Board of Education decision in 1954.

To my knowledge, this is the first attempt to create a map of former segregated schools in West Virginia. I only included public elementary and high schools. Private schools and institutions of higher learning were not included.

The map does not include every segregated school known to exist in West Virginia. The precise address or location of a segregated school was lost or "scrubbed" from the record in some cases.