Letter, 1955, Emerick, concerns, elections, school integration, Supreme Court, Prince Edward County, Virginia, gradual approach, amendment, Virginia Constitution, education system, parents, segregated schools, civil rights era, federal mandates, local resistance, desegregation.
correspondence, O. I. Emerick, Blue Ridge Herald, 1955, school integration, Virginia, Supreme Court, segregation, deliberate speed, consequences, controlled approach, constitutional amendment, elected representatives, parental choice, resistance, desegregation