African American Studies

See more information here. Note: These clips are viewable through their individual VIRGO records. Search the collection in a VIRGO Advanced search, using "WSLS" as one of the keyword terms. This collection spans 1951 to 1971 and comprises approximately 13,000 clips and the texts of accompanying scripts read on air by anchorpersons. Currently available in VIRGO are over 3000 clips of silent film, with nearly 10,000 more remaining to be digitized and added to VIRGO. Includes a significant amount of coverage of Massive Resistance and the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia.

A collection of interviews with Virginia and national leaders from the black community, including many involved with desegregation. Interviews conducted mainly by Julian Bond. Virginia interviewees include Nikki Giovanni, poet and literature professor at Virginia Tech, Julian Bond, founding member of SNCC and a UVA professor, and Douglas Wilder, first African-American governor of Virginia.

From the University of Georgia. Search by keyword, person, place, format, etc. For example: "Virginia","Danbury", "Massive Resistance", Prince Edward County", etc.

The Oral Histories of the University include reminiscences by many involved with desegregation in Virginia. Note: from the Categories list, select Desegregation. Results list includes 35 records; the abstracts should help in filtering the results. You should be able to follow the listening links to the streaming audio files. CD's of these oral histories are also available for check-out at Clemons Library.