Education in Blacksburg Exhibit Sources

Evolution of the Blacksburg High School Mascot

Special thanks to those who took the time to be interviewed on this topic.

The Pledge of Allegiance

  • United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission. 1932. Volume I: Literature Series

Integration of Public Schools in Blacksburg 

  • Black Education in Montgomery County, Virginia: 1939-1966. Tracy A. Martin. Virginia Tech Master Thesis. 1996. 
  • https://civilwar.vt.edu/christiansburg-institute/
  • Thorp, Daniel B. “The Beginnings of African American Education in Montgomery County.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 121, no. 4 (2013): 314-345.
  • Martin, Tracy M. “Black Education in Montgomery County Virginia, Virginia, 1939-1966.” Master’s Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1996.
  • Long, Edgar A. “A Vision of Education”

Founding of the Virginia Public School System

Civic Engagement in the Classroom

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Rural v. Town Divide

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