Samuel Wilbert Tucker (1913-1990), a Richmond civil-rights lawyer active in desegregation efforts in Virginia in the 1950s and 1960s, was the senior member of the firm of Hill, Tucker and Marsh and a cooperating attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Tucker, a native of Alexandria, Virginia, was born June 18, 1913. He graduated from Howard University in 1933 and began practicing law in Alexandria. He served in World War II in the 366th Infantry in Italy from 1941-1945. Throughout his career, Tucker was active in efforts to end desegregation, principally in Virginia's public school systems. He died October 19, 1990.

SCOPE AND CONTENT:

The collection contains photocopies of newspaper articles on desegregation efforts in Virginia, primarily from 1960-1964, though other years are represented (articles on other civil rights issues are also included). Many of the issues addressed in the newspaper articles are ones in which Tucker played a role. Photocopies of some correspondence and other materials are also included in the collection.

ARRANGEMENT:

The materials in this collection were borrowed in 1996 from Mrs. Julia E. Spaulding Tucker, wife of Samuel W. Tucker, to be photocopied. The originals were returned. The original order of the collection has been maintained, though the collection is now divided alphabetically. The large portion of newspaper articles on desegregation efforts in Virginia are arranged chronological, with the year and topic (in most cases that being the specific Virginia locality) listed as a folder heading.


Box 1

Correspondence (1961-1994):

Lawyer's Magazine - "Minorities in the Profession", April 1991
Marsh, Henry [Salute to]
Maya Angelou quote, 1994, Right to Work editorial 1967
Miscellaneous honors, awards to Tucker
Miscellaneous honors to Tucker, Including 1994 letter from Judge Robert R. Mehridge to
Mrs. S.W. Tucker
Obituary, Memorial - Samuel W. Tucker 1990
Poems
Prince Edward County Changes 1979
Prince Edward County Fee Paid to Tucker, photocopy of check 1963
Richmond NAACP Newsletter 1986
"26 Years After Brown: Tucker Recalls Battle Over Integration," Richmond Times-
Dispatch, May 13, 1979 With Notes/Corrections to Article by Tucker
The Voice, editorial 1994


Newspaper Clippings:

1939, 1961, 1974, 1979 [Alexandria Public Library Sit-In, 1939, Thurgood Marshall,
Prince Edward County Schools, Tucker on 25 years after Brown, Judge Francis Rivers
Memorial]
1943 (?) [Obituary of Dr. George W. Carver]
1960 [Effort to disbar Tucker]
1960 [NAACP}
1961
1961 [Attempt to disbar Tucker]
1961 [Charlottesville, Virginia]
1961 [Lynchburg, Virginia]
1961 [NAACP]
1961 [Prince Edward County]
1961-1964 [Prince Edward County, Tuition Grants]
1961-1964 [Pupil Placement]
1961-1964 [Winchester, Richmond Public Facilities, Hampton]
1961-1965
1962
1962 [Charlottesville, Virginia]
1962 [Powhatan County, Virginia]
1962 [Prince Edward County, Virginia]
1962 [Race mixing, Chesterfield, other localities]
1962 [Richmond and other localities]
1962 [Tucker reprimand]
1962-1964 [Includes Tucker candidacy]
1962, 1982 [NAACP]
1963 [Hopewell, Virginia]
1963 [King and Queen County, Virginia]
1963 [Lynchburg, including photo of Tucker with Mandoline Thompson, and other
localities]
1963 [Powhatan County, Virginia]
1963 [Prince Edward County, Virginia]
1963 [Prince George County, Virginia]
1963 [Surry County, Virginia]
1963 [Tucker speech, Richmond newspaper editorials on Spottswood W. Robinson and
Richmond Improvement Co-ordinating Council]
1963-1964 [Charlottesville, Virginia]
1964 [1 of 2]
1964 [2 of 2]
1964 [NAACP, Tucker for Bench]
1964 [Powhatan County, Virginia]
1964 [Surry County, Virginia]
1964 [Voter Registration, Albermarle County, Virginia, and other localities]
1964-1965 [prince Edward County, Virginia]
1965, June [NAACP Legal Defense Fund]
1972, 1989 [Emporia, Virginia]
1985-1990 [Tucker, Hill honored]
n.d., 1994 [Judge Cleo Powell, Thelma Atkins Riley, Kansas City]

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