Gallery: The Norfolk 17
Sepia Version 1959 photo of the first 17 black students to integrate Norfolk schools. 1. Andrew Heidelberg 2. Louis Cousins 3. Patricia Godbolt 4. Carol Wellington 5. Reginald Young 6. Alvarez Frederick Gonsouland 7. Edward Jordan 8. Olivia Driver Lindsay 9. Betty Jean Reed 10. Johnnie Rouse 11. Delores Johnson Brown 12. LaVera Forbes 13. James Turner Jr. 14. Lolita Portis 15. Patricia Turner 16. Claudia Wellington 17. Geraldine Talley Hobby. (Virginian-Pilot Photo)
(Courtesy of the Virginian-Pilot)
Louis Cousins at Maury High School on the day of reopening. (Courtesy of the Virginian-Pilot)
Gov. J. Lindsay Almond. (Courtesy of the Virginian-Pilot)
First day of school on Feb. 2nd 1959. (Courtesy of the Virginian-Pilot)
First day of school on Feb. 2nd 1959. (Courtesy of the Virginian-Pilot)
(Courtesy of the Virginian-Pilot)
(Courtesy of the Virginian-Pilot)
