Hey everyone!

This week went way better for us both. On Tuesday we got the opportunity to spend a few hours in the Virginiana Room and really spend time looking over all the articles and make photocopies of them to bring with us just in case. Through this process, we were able to solidify what pages we were going to have in the layout of our website. We found a lot of articles detailing lunch sit-ins that occurred in protest to the community’s inaction to desegregate the local schools. We also found a lot of articles about Stafford’s experience with reaching integration specifically so we decided to have a whole page dedicated to that county in particular since most of the other schools didn’t have as much sources about the conflict in their counties. Finally, we found a lot of articles that covers the students’ first-hand recollection of the events surrounding desegregation and how integration opened doors for them. While we were there, we also met a representative from the Central Rapphannock Heritage Center who was able to get us started at looking what they’ll have to offer us materials-wise when we visit there next week. She gave us some personal contacts that we can talk to about our subject when we go. She also helped us find the picture of the first African American student to enter Stafford Elementary school and we were able to request and be granted permission for us to use it on our website! Now we feel much more prepared and ready to gather more sources from the heritage center when we visit this upcoming week. Right now we are working on our contract and factoring in the feedback from the previous assignments to make sure we present a solid and well thought out contract that covers all we need to cover in regards to discussing our research and website.