This program deals with the Supreme Court decision of Monday, May 25, in which the court ruled that Prince Edward County, Virginia, must reopen its public schools closed since 1959 to avoid integration. The program will include on-the-spot coverage and interviews of reactions of citizens of Farmville, Virginia, members of the Free School Association in Farmville, as well as persons involved in the case and issue. Guest include J. Barrye Walle, editor and publisher of the Farmville Herald and a member of the Board of the Prince Edward Academy (a private, white only school); Mr. R. Pearson, chairman of the Board of the Prince Edward Academy; Rev. L. Francis Griffin, head of the NAACP for Virginia; Dean C. Gordon Moss, Dean of Longwood State Teachers College for Women in Farmville; Dr. James B. Cooley, principal of the Prince Edward Country free school association Board; Dick Moss (son of Dean Moss), the only white student in the graduating class. Running Time: 28:46 (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) At Issue consists of 69 half-hour and hour-long episodes produced in 1963-1966 by NET, which were originally shot on videotape in black and white and color.
