Ashland in Hanover County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
School Transportation
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 14, 2017
1. School Transportation Marker
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School Transportation. . Virginia public school boards began providing transportation to white students early in the 20th century but frequently denied this service to African Americans. Black children often had to walk miles to school, leading to nonattendance. Across Virginia in the 1930s, black community organizations raised funds for buses. Lucian Hunter, supported by the Chickahominy Baptist Association, acquired Hanover Countys first school bus for African Americans ca. 1934. His sons Clarence, Earl, and Chester drove students to the Hanover County Training School. Petitioned by Hunter and others, the school board voted in 1935 to contribute funds toward this service. County schools were desegregated in 1969.
Virginia public school boards began providing transportation to white students early in the 20th century but frequently denied this service to African Americans. Black children often had to walk miles to school, leading to nonattendance. Across Virginia in the 1930s, black community organizations raised funds for buses. Lucian Hunter, supported by the Chickahominy Baptist Association, acquired Hanover Countys first school bus for African Americans ca. 1934. His sons Clarence, Earl, and Chester drove students to the Hanover County Training School. Petitioned by Hunter and others, the school board voted in 1935 to contribute funds toward this service. County schools were desegregated in 1969.
Erected 2017 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number E-142.)
Location. 37° 46.032′ N, 77° 28.236′ W. Marker is in Ashland, Virginia, in Hanover County. It is on North Washington Highway (U.S. 1) south of Berkley Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ashland VA 23005, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Piedmont, in Central Virginia, and in the Richmond Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2017, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 936 times since then and 33 times this year. Last updated on January 4, 2018, by patricia Hunter-Jordan of Mechanicsville, Virginia. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on April 14, 2017, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
