Norfolk State University: Picked For A Purpose: The Norfolk 17
Posted on: March 14, 2007 user submitted | Views: | Comment
The inspiration for this story was a group of students in the 1960s who were referred to as the Norfolk 17. When these Black students were bussed to White schools, the Norfolk school board closed all of the schools in Norfolk. This project will examine education in Norfolk, Virginia by addressing what happened to these students and assessing how African Americans have fared in this system since the 1960s to the present.
