Folder 07: Integration-Misc. Gray Commission

Statement from the Virginia Teachers association opposing the state constitutional convention referendum.

Speech given by Delegate Armistead L. Booth of Alexandria to the Virginia Education Association in Norfolk that discusses the school integration crisis in Virginia and possible ways to solve it. The speech is reprinted from the Roanoke Times as a series of essays.

Statement from Legislator, Robert Button, supporting the vote for a constitutional convention.

Political flier that describes the main points of the Gray Commission Report.

Flier discussing the January 9, 1956 referendum vote on a state constitutional convention.

Letter with enclosed questions relating to the Gray Commission School Plan.

Letter discussing the questions compiled for a series of PTA panel discussions.

Letter of thanks for agreeing to moderate PTA discussion panels on the Gray Commission to be held throughout Norfolk. Letter also discusses a list of questions to be discussed at the panel discussions.

Letter to Superintendent of Schools and Editors of Virginia Weekly Newspapers from B.F. Walton, Chairman Region I of State Superintendent's Advisory Council, concerning Region I school superintendents' resolution supporting the constitutional convention referendum.

Flier supporting the Gray Plan and opposing gradual school integration.

Notice to Ocean View PTA members advocating a vote against the proposed state constitutional convention.

Report submitted to Governor Stanley from the Commission on Public Education recommending the continuation of segregated schools in Virginia. The Commission's plan, known as the Gray Plan, recommended a pupil assignment plan authorizing school boards to assign students to schools, tuition grants for private schooling, suspended compulsory school attendance in schools that were integrated and offered desegregation as a state or local option.

Questions and answers about the Gray Commission Report and its impact on public education. The questions were compiled for a series of PTA panel discussions in Norfolk.

Information about the Gray Commission Plan; encourages voters to vote for a special state constitutional convention.

Questions concerning the Gray Commission compiled for a series of PTA panel discussions in Norfolk.

Resolution Adopted by the Nansemond County School Board, supporting the constitutional convention referendum.

Anti-communist poem.

Political flier encouraging Virginians to vote for a state constitutional convention to stop compulsory integration.

Bulletin explaining the voter qualifications needed to be able to vote in the state constitutional referendum. A questionnaire is also included to determine how many Meadowbrook PTA members are qualified voters.

Bulletin discussing the state referendum, the number of Meadowbrook PTA members who are qualified to vote, and the treasurer's report.