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Book Talk at the Library of Virginia
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Opportunity Time, A Memoir by Governor Linwood Holton
Time: Noon–1 PM
FREE EVENT
Abner Linwood Holton’s election in 1969 as the first Republican governor in
more than one hundred years was the culmination of his efforts to create a
two-party democracy in Virginia. Opportunity Time is a disarmingly candid
memoir that offers a behind-the-scenes account of his private and public life
at a critical juncture in the political history of Virginia and the nation. Although
a Republican politician, Governor Holton has long held appeal to constituents
from both parties. His tenure led to the reformation of the structure of
Virginia’s government and balanced the needs of environmental conservation
with the need to develop key areas of the state. When the newly elected
Holton escorted his children into an integrated Richmond public school in 1970,
he delivered the coup-de-grace to the Byrd machine, a network of
conservative Democrats who had flouted Brown v. Board of Education through
their policy of Massive Resistance for more than a decade. Opportunity Time
offers an insider’s perspective on Republican Party politics and race relations
through the eyes of a groundbreaking politician.
Linwood Holton served as the governor of Virginia from 1970 to 1974. He is a
graduate of Washington & Lee University and Harvard Law School. He served
on the Submarine Force in the United States Navy during World War II. After
his governorship, he served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for
Congressional Relations, the president of the Center for Innovation
Technology, and a member of the Board of Directors for Amtrak. Holton is
currently a director in the Richmond law firm McCandlish Holton, P.C.
The Library of Virginia is located at 800 East Broad Street in downtown
Richmond. Free parking is available underneath the building.
www.lva.virginia.gov
804.692.3500
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