Edwin Washington Project

EWP 1 VEA 001

Item

Title

EWP 1 VEA 001

Place

Virginia

Identifier

1000560

Is Version Of

1000560_EWP_VEA_001.jpg

Is Part Of

Uncategorized

Date Created

2024-01-07

Format

Jpeg Image

Number

eeafef7d5db30e20a273e7fef561dfb1760b35b040f3c67e76b727895c291bbe

Source

/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/Access Files/Upload temp/1000560_EWP_VEA_001.jpg

Publisher

Digitized by Edwin Washington Project

Rights

Loudoun County Public Schools

Language

English

Replaces

/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest One/1 Civil Rights/integration_folder/Emerick_Files/EWP_VEA_001.jpg

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We, the members of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Education
Association, view with grave concern the situation that has been brought
about in Virginia as a result of the decision of the United States Supreme
Court on May 17, 1954, which prevents a State from denying to any person
on account of réce, the right to attenc;. any school that it maintains.

In the past the State of Virginia, with the apparent approval of the Courts,
has proceeded, through increasingly large expenditures, to provide equal
but separate schools. In certain sections of Virginia there is a question as
to whether the white or the colored people are prepared for the integration

of children in the public schools. It is further noted that integration at this

-time will not be accepted, and if pressure is exerted, it will bring about

irreparable damage to the public school system.

In meeting the grave situation the General Assembly, by large majority vote,
in the recent Special Session has given the people an opportunity to vote on the
question of a constitutional conyention. A favorable vote of the people on the
referendum would give the constitutional convention the responsibility of
amending only section 141 of the Virginia Constitution and amending it only as
stated in the referendum.

The Governor of the State and members of the General Assembly have pledged
their support to a continuance of the public schools. We believe that it is the
sincere conviction of the Governor and the majority of the General Assembly that
the action being proposed by them is the best course in the protection of the
public school system, which is so important to the citizens of Virginia and is so
vital to the perpetuation of the American way of life. The VEA Board of Directors

commends the action of the General Assembly in providing for this referendum.


Item sets

EWP 01 Civil Rights