The Norfolk 17
LaVera Forbes Olivia Driver James Turner, Jr. Lolita Portis Patricia Turner Claudia Wellington Geraldine Talley Delores Johnson Johnnie Rouse Edward Jordan Alveraze Frederick Gonsouland Reginald Young Carol Wellington Betty Jean Reed Patricia Godbolt Louis Cousins Andrew Heidelberg

CAROL WELLINGTON

Carol Wellington was 15 years old when she and six others integrated Norview High School. Her sister Claudia attended Norview Junior High School.

Carol resides in Homewood, Illinois.

Until 2009, her experiences had not been recorded through the news media or other interviews. She participated in many of the 50th anniversary events and shared some of her recollections in WHRO's "The Norfolk 17: Their Story."

Carol Wellington leaving Norview High School on her first day of school 2/2/1959. (The Virginian-Pilot photo from a news clipping in the collection of the Women's Council for Interracial Cooperation.)