NN: The Ivey Leagues in Christopher Shores
11/19/24 • 13 min
Imagine a high school education so transformative that it fuels a lifelong mission for change. Joni Ivey reflects on the final days of her historic Black high school, the fight for integration, and how she helped create a new legacy for education in Southern Newport News.
https://www.dailypress.com/2017/02/06/resistance-and-repercussions-newport-news-residents-look-back-at-schools-desegregation/
https://heritage.nn.k12.va.us/
Imagine a high school education so transformative that it fuels a lifelong mission for change. Joni Ivey reflects on the final days of her historic Black high school, the fight for integration, and how she helped create a new legacy for education in Southern Newport News.
https://www.dailypress.com/2017/02/06/resistance-and-repercussions-newport-news-residents-look-back-at-schools-desegregation/
https://heritage.nn.k12.va.us/
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- Kelo’s Petition: https://www.change.org/p/paul-trible-in-respect-of-martin-luther-king-jr-classes-should-be-canceled-mlk-day-january-21-2019
- Uprooted: https://www.propublica.org/article/uprooted-documentary-christopher-newport-university-black-neighborhoods
- Restorative Justice follow up: https://www.propublica.org/article/christopher-newport-university-black-community-uprooted-task-force
- https://www.whro.org/virginia-center-for-investigative-journalism/2024-04-23/the-university-uprooted-a-black-neighborhood-then-its-policies-reduced-the-black-presence-on-campus
- 8% Article: https://issuu.com/thecaptainslog9/docs/issue_17
- https://issuu.com/thecaptainslog9/docs/clogvol50iss14real
- https://willardmaxwell.org/
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