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
greatest Virginian
>of the 20th century. His whole career of civil rights
advocacy, in law
>and politics, running from the 1930s to the 1990s is a great
record. He
>was 2nd in the law class to his better known classmate, Thurgood
>Marshall; led the school equalization campaign; served in
WWII; elected
>to the Richmond City Council in 1948; handled the Prince
Edward County
>School case; stood up in the face of Massive Resistance at a
time when
>all the forces of white Virginia were arrayed against him.
For his
>courage, for his choice of staying to fight in Virginia when
the path of
>least resistance said go to a northern city, for what he
stood for and
>what he accomplished in helping free Virginia from the hold
of the
>racial caste system, Hill deserves all the honors and thanks
a grateful
>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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