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The history of institutionalized racism in Hanover County Public Schools — a thread 
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1934: Hanover County School Board rejects the request to buy a school bus for black schools.
(It was a 16-mile walk)
(HCPS already provided buses for white students)
1934: Hanover’s black community raises money to buy the county’s first school bus for black students.
(It was a 16-mile walk)
(HCPS already provided buses for white students)
1934: Hanover’s black community raises money to buy the county’s first school bus for black students.
1934: Black resident, Lucian Hunter, and his 3 sons volunteer to drive the new school bus.
1954: Brown v. Board of Education declares the racial segregation of public schools illegal.
1955: “Brown II” orders public schools to integrate “with all deliberate speed”.
1954: Brown v. Board of Education declares the racial segregation of public schools illegal.
1955: “Brown II” orders public schools to integrate “with all deliberate speed”.
1958: Hanover County School Board names new high school “Lee-Davis” after two leaders of the Confederacy. The school team and student body are named the “Confederates”.
1959: Lee-Davis opens as a “white-only” school.
1959: Lee-Davis opens as a “white-only” school.
1964: Hanover County School Board rejects the request to adopt a plan that would desegregate the schools.
1966: Thompson v. Hanover County School Board prohibits HCPS from building and/or expanding segregated schools until a plan to desegregate is approved by the court.
1966: Thompson v. Hanover County School Board prohibits HCPS from building and/or expanding segregated schools until a plan to desegregate is approved by the court.
1968: Green v. New Kent County School Board declares that schools have “the affirmative duty to take whatever steps might be necessary to convert to a unitary system in which racial discrimination would be eliminated root and branch”.
1969: In compliance with several court orders, Hanover County Public Schools fully desegregates, almost 15 years after the Supreme Court required schools to integrate “with all deliberate speed”.
1969: Hanover County School Board names new middle school “Stonewall Jackson” after ANOTHER Confederate leader. The school team and student body are named the “Rebels”.
1970: Stonewall Jackson opens as a desegregated middle school.
1970: Stonewall Jackson opens as a desegregated middle school.
(For almost 50 years, black students are forced to identify themselves as “Confederates” and “Rebels”, referring to the unrecognized republic who believed that black people were an “inferior race” and fought for the continued enslavement of their ancestors...)
2018: Black citizens petition the Hanover County School Board, requesting that they change the racist school names of Lee-Davis and Stonewall Jackson.
2018: HCPS surveys 13,000+ Hanover residents, asking if the school/mascot names should be changed. The survey did not ask for the respondents’ race. About 76% of respondents vote to keep the names. Coincidentally, Havover County is 87% white and 13% POC...
2018: Hanover Countny School Board members vote 5-2, in favor of keeping the school names/mascots. Only those 5 members cited the obviously biased survey as reasoning for their decision...
2019: The KKK holds a “recruitment rally” outside of the Hanover County courthouse.
2019: The KKK holds a “recruitment rally” outside of the Hanover County courthouse.
2019: The Hanover NAACP files a lawsuit against Hanover County Public Schools over racist school names/mascots.
2020: Federal judge dismisses NAACP lawsuit because “claims regarding when the schools were named are barred because of a two-year statute of limitations”.
2020: Federal judge dismisses NAACP lawsuit because “claims regarding when the schools were named are barred because of a two-year statute of limitations”.
2020: KKK leader and Hanover County Resident is arrested after he plowed his truck trough a group of #BlackLivesMatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> protesters in Henrico County, Virginia.
2020: In a staff email, Hanover High School principal requests that all staff members “remain neutral” on #BlackLivesMatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> and issues involving racial injustice/inequality after the death of George Floyd.
2020: HHS principal allegedly tells staff member to remove a #BlackLivesMatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> poster/flyer from their classroom because “there are kids sitting in your classroom whose parents or grandparents are in the KKK. We don’t want them to feel like they’re unwelcome in the classroom”.
Since this is blowing up, I encourage you to:
1.) VOTE in the county Board of Supervisors elections. They appoint School Board members!
2.) If your new School Board represtitive wasn’t in office during the vote, ask them where they stand on renaming the schools.
1.) VOTE in the county Board of Supervisors elections. They appoint School Board members!
2.) If your new School Board represtitive wasn’t in office during the vote, ask them where they stand on renaming the schools.
3.) If your current representative voted “no”, complain to your local Supervisor to ensure that they aren’t reappointed when their term ends.
4.) Voice your approval of Ola J. Hawkins to your local Supervisor to ensure that she is reappointed on 6/30/20https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="‼️" title="Doppeltes Ausrufezeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Doppeltes Ausrufezeichen">
4.) Voice your approval of Ola J. Hawkins to your local Supervisor to ensure that she is reappointed on 6/30/20
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