Gallery V – Prince Edward County Says No

In 1959 when facing court-ordered school desegregation, Prince Edward County officials took the extreme step of closing all public schools rather than integrating. Learn about the decisions local families were forced to make to educate their children during those five years when public schools were closed.

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