School Segregation

 
 
 
 
A picture of the Norfolk 17, the first black students to attend integrated schools in Norfolk, Virginia.

Segregation: A History of Norfolk Schools.

For the first time, we are bringing material from archives across the country together with a narrative timeline to look at Norfolk, Virginia’s history of school segregation.

 

School Matters

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Schools today are more segregated than they were at least 30 years ago. And Norfolk is not exempt from this national trend. 65 years on from the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, Norfolk’s schools are becoming de facto segregated as a result of neighborhood segregation.