Old Possum’s Book of Practical Software Development

When this gets a little more organized, it’ll probably have a tie-in with the T. S. Eliot poem, but for now, it’s just the name.

Download as One Story About School Desegregation by Florence Coleman Bryant as a PDF.

This work was originally published as a strip-bound typescript book in 2004, and I know of only two copies that still exist. This is a phenomenal story about the the bravery of many residents of Charlottesville to assert their right to equal public resources. Despite several attempts, I was unable to get in contact with Ms. Bryant to get permission to reprint this, but after careful consideration, I think she would want her words and this story to be more widely available.

A summary of the names and namesakes of Charlottesville City Schools, with links to a 50+ page document including detailed information about the naming of each school and biographical information about the namesake.