A quick list (as defined by the Virginia Tourism Corporation) can be found here: http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?featureID=82 Might start the juices flowing in areas outside of politics. Cheers, --Eric Eric D. M. Johnson Proprietor The Village Factsmith Historical Research & Consulting http://www.factsmith.com/ [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Hershman" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 3:25 PM Subject: Re: Great/Important Virginian > 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 > [log in to unmask] wrote: > >>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 >> >> > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html