George W. Palmer (Virginia politician)
George W. Palmer (February 22, 1894 – April 1972)
Political career
Palmer was first elected to the Virginia Senate in a special election in 1948 representing the
By 1959, Palmer was on the Prince Edward County School Board when it was faced with an order to desegregate its public schools. The Prince Edward County school board closed the entire school system in September 1959 rather than integrate. Prince Edward County was the only school district in the country to resort to such extreme measures. In 1963, Palmer was the Chair of the School Board who reopened the public schools under federal court order.[2]
References
- ^ Social Security Death Index
- ^ Reading Eagle, August 13, 1963