August 6, 2009
This weekend, August 8-9, C-SPAN 3 will broadcast and make available online a portion of the Center for Politics' 12th Annual Virginia Political History Project, "With All Deliberate Speed? Massive Resistance in Virginia."
Panel I: The Student Experience
August 8th - 12:40PM EDT-2:00PM EDT
Panel II: Politics and Media during Massive Resistance
August 9th - 12:47PM EDT-2:22PM EDT
Broadcast of the second two panels will take place on C-SPAN August 15-16. Viewers are advised to check the C-SPAN website for more detailed information.
The University of Virginia Center for Politics hosted its annual Virginia Political History Project conference on July 17, 2009 at the Virginia Capitol Building in Richmond to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of Massive Resistance.
The conference was the first of its kind, featuring the only statewide gathering of former students as they shared their personal stories from the era. Other featured speakers included former Virginia Governors Linwood Holton Jr. and Douglas Wilder, Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leroy Hassell, State Senator Henry Marsh, State Senator Yvonne Miller, former Delegate Ferguson Reid and many more.
U.Va. Center for Politics
Box 400806
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22904
434.243.8468
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