Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties Records, 1956-1963

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties. Records, 1956-1963. Accession 39469. Organization records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Creator:
Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties. Records, 1956-1963. Accession 39469. Organization records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Records, 1956-1963, of the Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties, including a special bulletin reminding members to encourage their state representatives to support the continuation of segregation in the special session of the General Assembly in 1956, a statement, 1959, from its president, Robert B. Crawford, and a statement, 1963, by the state board of directors on the organization's beliefs on the communist influence on race relations, and miscegenation.

Biographical / historical:

The Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties was chartered in 1954 to prevent the desegregation of Virginia's public schools. It was the most powerful segregationist organization in Virginia and proved instrumental in the passage of the Massive Resistance laws enacted by the General Assembly in 1956.

Acquisition information:
Transferred from Technical services, 6 May 2002.
Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Physical location:
Organization records collection, Acc. 39469
Physical description:
5 leaves and 7 pages