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Delegate Joseph Poff Comments on Segregation Suit
(WSLS Television, Roanoke, VA)

Franklin County Delegate Joseph Poff was not surprised by an announcement the previous day by attorney Reuben Lawson of Roanoke concerning the application of fourteen black students to Check and Floyd County High Schools. Poff knew the county was "vulnerable" to such applications because it did not have an accredited institution.
About the film
  • Date: May 13, 1959
  • Sound: Yes
  • Duration: 00:41
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