Kevin,
I spent time with Hill and S.W. Tucker when I was doing research in the
early 1970s. They impressed me greatly, I wish that both of them could
have been governors of Virginia. Thanks for your kind words and the
answer is that I am going to get to work on an update of " A Rumbling in
the Museum" just as soon as I can afford to cut my time back with the
Government Affairs Institute at GU. Should be a year or so, can't wait,
I've been wanting to write. I've done little bios of Almond, Boothe,
Judge Bryan, Stuart Carter, and Ruth Charity for Brent Tarter's
Dictionary of Va Biography.
All Best,
Jim Hershman
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>Jim--
>
>This is great. So now for the $24,000 question: Is there a
>good biography of him? And if not, when can I expect to read
>yours!
>
>I don't want to sidetrack this discussion, so I will post my
>followup question in a new thread.
>
>Best,
>Kevin
>
>---- Original message ----
>
>
>>Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 10:15:53 -0500
>>From: James Hershman <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: Re: Great/Important Virginian
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>Brent,
>>
>>You know I've always felt that Oliver W. Hill was the
>>
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>greatest Virginian
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>>of the 20th century. His whole career of civil rights
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>advocacy, in law
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>>and politics, running from the 1930s to the 1990s is a great
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>record. He
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>>was 2nd in the law class to his better known classmate, Thurgood
>>Marshall; led the school equalization campaign; served in
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>WWII; elected
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>>to the Richmond City Council in 1948; handled the Prince
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>Edward County
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>>School case; stood up in the face of Massive Resistance at a
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>time when
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>>all the forces of white Virginia were arrayed against him.
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>For his
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>>courage, for his choice of staying to fight in Virginia when
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>the path of
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>>least resistance said go to a northern city, for what he
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>stood for and
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>>what he accomplished in helping free Virginia from the hold
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>of the
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>>racial caste system, Hill deserves all the honors and thanks
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>a grateful
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>>commonwealth could bestow. So, that's my pick.
>>
>>Jim Hershman
>>
>>
>Kevin R. Hardwick, Ph.D.
>Department of History
>James Madison University
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