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20th Century Virginia History--Living It, Writing It

Sun. March 30th, 2008 1:30 PM

Ronald Heinemann (Old Dominion, New Commonwealth), Professor Emeritus of Hampden-Sydney, and Linwood Holton (Opportunity Time), Governor of Virginia from 1970-74, discuss their perspectives on Virginia history.


Moderator: Bob Gibson

 

Location:

City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street
(434)970-3113
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Featuring:

Ron Heinemann, co-author of Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607-2007, is professor emeritus of history at Hampton-Sydney College. He is a member of the Board of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.

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A. Linwood Holton, author of the memoir Opportunity Time, was Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1970-1974, a critical period in school desegregation. He practices law as a shareholder of McCandlish Holton, P.C.

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