Title:
Oral History Interview with Ruth James - Audio
Creator:
James, Ruth
Contributor:
White, Mary Pelham (History 495/595 student)
Date:
1982-11-05
Description:
Ruth James was an advocate for school desegregation in the late 1950s when Norfolk closed its public schools because of massive resistance laws. She and her family were the lead litigants in a law suit that re-opened and desegregated the schools. James was also the first female student enrolled in the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary, now Old Dominion University. James was born in Chesapeake, Virginia on October 13, 192 and died October 7, 1997. The interview discusses her background and involvement with the school desegregation crisis in Norfolk, Virginia. The interview is part of the Norfolk Women's History collection and was conducted as a class project for Dorothy Johnson's History 495/595 course, "Recapturing Women's History: Local and National," in Fall, 1982. Interview recorded on one cassette tape, two sides. Audio quality is good. 0:51:40
Subject:
Race relations--History--20th century
Subject:
African Americans--Education--Virginia--Norfolk
Subject:
African Americans--Civil rights
Subject:
African Americans--Segregation
Subject:
School integration--Virginia--Norfolk--History--20th century
Subject:
Public schools--Virginia--Norfolk
Subject:
School integration--Massive resistance movement
Subject:
Segregation in education
Subject:
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
Subject:
Women's Council for Interracial Cooperation (Norfolk, Va.)
Subject:
Quakers--United States
Subject:
School closings--Virginia--Norfolk
Subject:
James, Ruth
Coverage:
Norfolk, Virginia
Media Format:
Sound recordings
Source:
RG 10-2A
Collection:
Oral History Collection
Publisher:
Old Dominion University Libraries
Rights Statement:
IN COPYRIGHT; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rightsholder:
Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries
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Identifier:
oh-jamesr-audio
