Prince Edward County, Virginia

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Prince Edward County, Virginia is a rural county in south-central Virginia historically known for its central role in the civil rights movement, particularly its resistance to school desegregation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
associatedWithCourtCase Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
borders Amelia County, Virginia
Appomattox County, Virginia
Appomattox River
Buckingham County, Virginia
Charlotte County, Virginia
Cumberland County, Virginia
Nottoway County, Virginia
country United States of America
economyType rural
formedFrom Amelia County, Virginia
governedBy Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors
hasAreaCode 434
hasCountySeat Farmville, Virginia
hasFIPSCode 51147
hasGNISID 1498563
hasGovernmentType county government
hasHistoricSignificance American civil rights movement
school desegregation in the United States
hasInstitution Hampden–Sydney College
Longwood University
hasLandUse agriculture
forestry
hasLargestTown Farmville, Virginia
hasPostalAbbreviation VA
involvedIn Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation
surface form: Brown v. Board of Education implementation conflict

Massive Resistance
knownFor closure of public schools from 1959 to 1964
resistance to public school desegregation
locatedIn Southside Virginia
Virginia
locatedInCountrySubdivision Piedmont region of Virginia
locatedInFederalState Virginia
locatedInRegion south-central Virginia
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
namedAfter Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany
partOf Virginia
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
partOfMetropolitanArea Farmville, Virginia
surface form: Farmville micropolitan area
siteOf Prince Edward County Free School Association
Prince Edward County public school closings
segregation academies
subdivisionType county
traversedBy U.S. Route 15 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 460 NERFINISHED

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Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County location Prince Edward County, Virginia
Blanche K. Bruce birthPlace Prince Edward County, Virginia
Southside Virginia contains Prince Edward County, Virginia
Campbell County, Virginia adjacentTo Prince Edward County, Virginia
County School Board of Prince Edward County locatedIn Prince Edward County, Virginia
County School Board of Prince Edward County jurisdiction Prince Edward County, Virginia
Robert Russa Moton High School locatedIn Prince Edward County, Virginia
Appomattox County, Virginia borderedBy Prince Edward County, Virginia
Francis Nash placeOfBirth Prince Edward County, Virginia
Farmville, Virginia locatedIn Prince Edward County, Virginia
Farmville, Virginia countySeatOf Prince Edward County, Virginia
Abner Nash birthPlace Prince Edward County, Virginia
this entity surface form: Prince Edward County, Colony of Virginia
Joseph E. Johnston birthPlace Prince Edward County, Virginia
Henry Draper placeOfBirth Prince Edward County, Virginia
this entity surface form: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States of America
Sterling Price placeOfBirth Prince Edward County, Virginia
Hampden–Sydney College locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Prince Edward County, Virginia
Battle of High Bridge place Prince Edward County, Virginia
Battle of Sailor’s Creek location Prince Edward County, Virginia
Dorothy E. Davis residence Prince Edward County, Virginia
Dorothy E. Davis placeOfActivity Prince Edward County, Virginia
Buckingham County, Virginia Colony establishedFrom Prince Edward County, Virginia
this entity surface form: Prince Edward County, Virginia Colony