The 2023 revision of the Virginia Studies Curriculum added Samuel Wilbert Tucker to the Virginia Studies curriculum that all 4th graders study. Tucker, a young Alexandria lawyer, organized the 1939 sit-in at the Alexandria Library to challenge their segregation-era policy of only allowing white people to use the public library….
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New America is a liberal think tank that focuses on public policy issues. They are developing online curriculum to help students learn about Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 Alexandria Library sit-in. As a part of their work, they interviewed several people connected with this story. Here is the link…
Continue reading: Nancy Noyes Silcox Interview about Samuel W. TuckerThe Alexandria Gazette highlights the Alexandria Library’s 80th anniversary event that recognized the family of youngest sit-in protester, William “Buddy” Evans. The family helped the library create READ posters that will hang in all the branches to remind us that 80 years ago the young protesters courageously challenged a system that…
Continue reading: 80th Anniversary of 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-inAs an African American woman, Ida B. Wells was an activist journalist challenging racism and sexism in the early 1890s whose work has largely been unrecognized. This crusader for justice will be honored with a monument in Chicago where she lived and worked after her presses were destroyed in Memphis…
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