Wally G. Vaughn was born and reared in Sumter, South Carolina. He is a graduate of Virginia Union University, 1976; the School of Theology at Virginia Union, 1980; Princeton Theological Seminary, 1992; and United Theological Seminary, 2001. He served as a Chaplain in the United States Air Force for nearly thirty years, endorsed by the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. He is a LIFE Member Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The author has spent twenty-five years traveling across the South interviewing people who were at the heart of activity in The Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and a composite of stories from various communities present a picture different than what is recorded in history books. In his collection of Oral History are Reflections on Our Pastor: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, 1954-1960 and The Selma Campaign 1963–1965. He is the author of the ground-breaking work on the Montgomery bus affair entitled The Invisible Leader In Montgomery 1955-1956.
Negro Students Locked Out of Public Schools for Five Years September 1959-September 1964
Prince Edward County, Virginia, Oral Accounts
by Wally G. Vaughn
Negro Students Locked Out of Public Schools for Five Years September 1959-September 1964
Prince Edward County, Virginia, Oral Accounts
by Wally G. Vaughn
Published May 03, 2018
755 Pages
Genre: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Book Details
Negro students, as they were called in the era of interest, were locked out of the Prince Edward County, Virginia, public schools from September 1959 – September 1964. A private school system for the sons and daughters of the oppressor opened in September 1959. This premiere publication is the largest collection of accounts from individuals in the community of the oppressed that were locked out of the Prince Edward County public schools during the education crisis. The stories in this rare valued collection shared primarily by the oppressed only provide a mere glimpse of community and home life during those challenging, regrettable, and horrific years. Very captivating in this volume are the stories of individuals that were locked out of the Prince Edward County public schools and who in adult life devoted themselves to the teaching profession. Most of the school teachers in this volume taught in schools in Virginia. A small number taught in other States. The most intriguing element among the teachers is comprised of individuals that were locked out of the Prince Edward County public schools, but enjoyed a rewarding career as teachers in the same public school system that denied them an education for five consecutive years. There are in this publication the painful and agonizing reflections of persons who shared about never coming close to achieving their childhood dreams and ambitions, which required an education. Many students because of the interruption of their education during the critical foundational formative learning years were unable to sufficiently recover and master the proficiency required to progress and develop intellectually at a rate that permitted them to pursue lofty goals in life.