EWP 12 Yr 1947 Intro to Edwin Washington Project (cover page for 1947 School Transportation)
Item
Title
EWP 12 Yr 1947 Intro to Edwin Washington Project (cover page for 1947 School Transportation)
Description
Jan 25, 2017 written introduction to the Edwin Washington Project (Cover page for 1947 School Transportation Survey?)
Tag
Introduction, Edwin Washington Project, 1947 , School Transportation
Place
Virginia
Identifier
1000972
Is Version Of
1000972_EWP_Transport_1947.pdf
Is Part Of
Transportation
Date Created
2023-08-02 21:35:02 +0000
Format
Pdf Document
Publisher
Digitized by Edwin Washingon Project
Rights
Loudoun County Public Schools
Language
English
extracted text
School Transportation Survey: Loudoun County
August, 1947
Scanned by the Edwin Washington Project, 1/25/2017
Welcome to the Edwin Washington Project
www.edwinwashingtonproject.org
In June, 1867, a “colored” 16 year old boy named Edwin Washington worked in a hotel
in Leesburg, Virginia for five dollars a month, plus board, with the “privilege of coming
to school” in between errands. Unfortunately, this meant he couldn’t attend school on a
regular basis, or at all during court weeks. Still, he went to class whenever he could.
This research project is a monument to Edwin and all of the African-American children
and their parents, educators and patrons of that time and through to the end of
segregation in Loudoun County in order to honor their bravery and tenacity to learn.
The project is done in collaboration with the Records Office of the Loudoun County
Public Schools, local history clubs, private and government archives and the Black
History Committee of the Friends of the Balch Library.
