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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to high school in the 80s in Manassas with the 3 walled classrooms. The walls were like a tall cubicle to the ceiling with glass panels at the top to let in more fluorescent light. The chalkboard was opposite the open end. If you sat near the open end, you could lean your chair back into the hallway  and see people in the other classes. It was noisy and there were only these few tall thin windows along the perimeter that didn’t let in much natural light. Despite the lack of room doors it still felt like prison because you couldn’t see outside.[/quote]

Can’t imagine what Manassas PW county was like back then. Was it still overtly rural/country? I sometimes hear older folks speak with a twang in restaurants/stores; Were they the norm back then? I imagine many more farms in the are. [/quote]
Hardly any Hispanics in Manassas, like it is now. In fact, not many in VA. [/quote]

It was your typical southern city; Mainly whites with some blacks trickled in the mix. [b]African Americans from Fairfax would be transported to PW County for school because FFx didn’t have an all black school.[/b] [/quote]

Holy cow, what year was this?[/quote]

During the 60s right before Virginia integrated. I believe in the final few years of segregation they built an all black school in Ffx, but it didn’t really mean much because it only lasted a few years. I remember Virginia was often in the news because governor Byrd threatened to shut schools down if they integrated; it was monumental when six black kids surrounded by armed guards walked into their all white school in Arlington.[/quote]

Luther Jackson MS used to be the all-black Luther Jackson HS. I think it meant a lot to the kids who went there, particularly considering how far they’d had to travel for a high school education before it opened. [/quote]

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