It highlights the role African Americans played in bringing about Brown, the state’s determined resistance, the processes that led to initial and then token school desegregation, the eventual integration of public education, and the slow decline of school integration in recent decades.

We invite school teachers (grades 6-12) to participate in a one-week workshop on school desegregation in Virginia following the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision.

Teachers interact with leading historians in the field, engage historic sites and archives, and discuss curricular and teaching techniques related to this subject.

The goal of this website is to disseminate the resources generated by summer scholars who have actively engaged in our recent three iterations of the NEH Landmarks program. Additionally, it aims to showcase the historical scholarship that has served as a foundation for our program and to highlight the educational research outcomes generated by our program team.

To use this website, please navigate by clicking on the various tabs at the top of the screen, which will direct you to individual pages that highlight various aspects of the program. For example, the About tab provides an overview of the project as well as information about our staff. The Landmarks tab provides information about the various landmarks of American history and culture that we visit during the workshops, and the Gallery tab includes some photographs of previous workshop events. The Program Faculty tab provides information about each of the guest presenters to our workshops. The Teacher Resources tab includes a list of oral history collections related to the civil rights era, as well as lesson plans developed by former participants that focus on the history of school desegregation. The Research tab includes a list of research findings and publications that are related to the workshops. Finally, the Contact tab provides our contact information, should you have any questions about our workshops or to express your interest in joining us the next time they are offered.