About this title
Storyline
Over fifty years ago there was a concerted effort by the elected leaders of many southern states to oppose racial desegregation of public schools. Following a mandate by the U.S. Supreme Court to desegregate, Virginia's government instead chose to lead a movement called Massive Resistance that affected the lives of school children across most of the South and left a permanent scar.
Country: United States
Type: scripted
Status: Current
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
Also Known As: Locked Out: The Fall of Massive Resistance
Genres
Plot Keywords
history
tv-special
race-relations
massive-resistance
virginia
education
segregation
integration
separate-but-equal
reference-to-barbara-johns
reference-to-plessy-v.-ferguson
jim-crow
reference-to-brown-v-board-of-education
year-1954
white-supremacy
reference-to-edward-r.-murrow
reference-to-emmett-till
norfolk-virginia
warren-county-virginia
charlottesville-virginia
prince-edward-county-virginia
arlington-virginia
reference-to-oliver-hill
reference-to-spottswood-robinson
ku-klux-klan
Company Credits
Production Co: Community Idea Stations, WCVE-TV, WTHJ, University of Virginia Center for Politics