Gwendolyn (Tolliver) Nickens
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Title
Gwendolyn (Tolliver) Nickens
Subject
Nickens, Gwendolyn Shawn Tolliver (1947- )
African Americans - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Gwendolyn (Tolliver) Nickens as a young woman.
Gwendolyn made headlines in 1962 when she became the first African American student to integrate all-white Central High School in Woodstock. At the time, she was entering the 9th grade.
She graduated from Central High School in 1966.
Her parents were Theodore Robert and Mary Jane (Spinner) Tolliver.
She married James Thurston Nickens in 1978. He was her second husband.
Gwendolyn made headlines in 1962 when she became the first African American student to integrate all-white Central High School in Woodstock. At the time, she was entering the 9th grade.
She graduated from Central High School in 1966.
Her parents were Theodore Robert and Mary Jane (Spinner) Tolliver.
She married James Thurston Nickens in 1978. He was her second husband.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified in 2025 by library staff based on other images of her in the Morrison Studio Collection.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Gwendolyn (Tolliver) Nickens appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 030710, 031092, and 031188.
Identifier
031188
Original Format
Film Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Gwendolyn (Tolliver) Nickens,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 14, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/78474.
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