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Ua1b1/5 Martin Luther King Forum, Wku Archives
Ua1b1/5 Martin Luther King Forum, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records regarding the Martin Luther King Forum.
Black Heritage Stamp Series: Oscar Micheaux, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division
Black Heritage Stamp Series: Oscar Micheaux, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division
Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection
Informational pages for Oscar Micheaux Commemorative Stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamp, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Oscar Micheaux. First issued June 22, 2010, 33rd in a series.
American Commemorative Panels: Distinguished Sailors, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division
American Commemorative Panels: Distinguished Sailors, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division
Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection
Informational page for Distinguished Sailors (Doris Miller) Commemorative Stamp – American Commemoratives Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and information about the Distinguished Sailors (Doris Miller). First issued February 4, 2010.
Farmville, 1963: The Long Hot Summer, Jill Ogline Titus
Farmville, 1963: The Long Hot Summer, Jill Ogline Titus
Civil War Institute Faculty Publications
On July 9, 1963, a reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch informed his readers that black protesters had attempted two sit-ins in the college town of Farmville, the hub of rural Prince Edward County. Obviously shocked by these developments, he termed the events at the College Shoppe restaurant and the State Theater "the first reported Negro movement in this Southside Virginia locality, which has gained prominence in recent years as the focal point of a struggle over the closings of Prince Edward County's schools." In this writer's mind, and perhaps many of his readers' as well, social movements were synonymous with …