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 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html