HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL NR 2022-10-28 Douglass High School Exhibit on Display at Thomas Balch Library
Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
October 28, 2022
Media Contact:
Leah Kosin, Assistant Public Information Officer
pio@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2781
Douglass High School Exhibit on Display at Thomas Balch
Library
Leesburg, VA (October 28, 2022) – The Douglass High
School Commemorative Committee is pleased to present,
“The History of Douglass High School”, an informative
showcase highlighting the school and the struggle black
families endured for equal education in Loudoun County.
The exhibit displays the black community’s
determination, perseverance, and, ultimately, the success
of Douglass High School. Open from 1941-1968, Douglass
High School closed its doors in the spring of 1968 when
integration finally occurred in the County, fourteen years after the landmark Supreme Court
decision, Brown vs. Board of Education, which declared that separate educational facilities are
inherently unequal and unconstitutional.
The exhibit will run through November 30 and is viewable during the library’s operating hours:
Monday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
Wednesday from 2 to 8 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.
Please note, the library is closed for lunch, from 12 to 1 p.m., on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
and Friday. For more information, please call 703-737-7195 or email balchlib@leesburgva.gov.
The Douglass High School Commemorative Committee was appointed by the Loudoun County
School Board. Their first meeting was held in spring 2021. The committee includes appointees
from The Town of Leesburg and the Board of Supervisors with representation from the Loudoun
Douglass High School Alumni Association, Loudoun Branch of NAACP, Edwin Washington
Society, The Friends of Thomas Balch Library Black History Committee, Loudoun Preservation
Society, Loudoun County Heritage Commission, and MLK I have a Dream Committee.
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