![]() ![]() When others stood in the doorways of schools to block de-segregation, our Dad walked us (and bused us) to integrated schools to show the rest of the world the way of justice,β his children's statement said. ![]() βTo the world, Governor Linwood Holton is known as a giant of civil rights and change. He also was the first Virginia governor to appoint Black officials to high-level government posts. He enrolled his own white children in predominantly Black schools rather than fight school busing. Holton was the first Republican to break the stronghold Democrats held on state government for nearly 100 years, defeating William C. ![]()
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