On September 30, 1957, a group of students at Matoaka High School walked out in protest over school integration.
Learn more:
Integration of Matoaka High School
"Integration Makes History In Mercer County
Schools"
"Two Area Schools Stage Integration
Protests"
"Police On Guard At Matoaka
High"
"Area Schools Returning To Normal After
Integration Demonstrations"
Audio/Video Clip of Integration at Matoaka High School (not available at present)
School Integration in West Virginia
"Segregation and Integration in the Appalachian
Coalfields:
McDowell County Responds to the Brown Decision"
Document-Based Questions