(7) Virginia’s strategy for preventing integration changed its emphasis and tactics several times between the years 1954 and 1959. A state pupil placement act, passed in 1956, removed from the
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(6) Known as Davis et al v. the County School Board of Prince Edward County, VA, et al, the case was decided by a lower court in favor of the
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(5) NAACP state secretary, W. Lester Banks, attended a mass meeting called for the following day. The decision was made to sue for integration and to continue the strike until
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(4) Griffin headed the local branch of the NAACP, becoming the county coordinator, and thus establishing links with other Black activists on the state and national levels. His immediate focus,
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(3) In response to the demands to relieve the overcrowding at Moton High School, three temporary buildings were erected, promptly dubbed the “tar paper shacks” due to the material that