We all know that teenagers would rather die than hang out with their parents, right? Not so, says Jon Lohman (Virginia Folklife). The Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax, Virginia, brings …
Lashrecse Aird
In 2016, Lashrecse Aird made history as the youngest woman ever elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. She says her unique perspective - shaped by a childhood of adversity and hardship - allows her to better serve the full range of experiences within her constituency.
Ebony Guy
Ebony Guy was inspired to get involved in activism from a young age by her grandmother, a beloved civil rights leader in Halifax County, Virginia. Now a board member at Virginia Organizing - her activist work has centered on voter education and political campaigns.
Paul Clinton Harris
From 1997-2001, Paul Clinton Harris represented Albemarle County in the Virginia House of Delegates. A descendant of enslaved people at Monticello, he describes his unlikely path to political office - serving in the very seat that Thomas Jefferson once held many years ago.
A.E. Dick Howard (University of Virginia)
A.E. Dick Howard directed the commission that rewrote Virginia’s constitution, which was eventually enacted in 1971. It was a bipartisan effort intended to heal the wounds of the state’s racist past. 50 years later, he reflects on whether the new constitution went far enough.
We all know that teenagers would rather die than hang out with their parents, right? Not so, says Jon Lohman (Virginia Folklife). The Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax, Virginia, brings …
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The Vietnam War pulled America apart, dividing our country into factions. And yet, memories of the Vietnam War unite us. In a new eight-part special series, With Good Reason explores the unresolved tensions in our understanding of the war and the perspectives and people it forever changed.