Famous Virginians

Who was the first African American to win tennis singles championship and was also an author and eloquent spokesman for social change?

• L. Douglas Wilder
• Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
• Woodrow Wilson
• A. Linwood Holton, Jr.

Who was a lawyer and civil rights leader who worked for equal rights for African Americans and played a key role in the Brown V. Board of Education decision?

• Maggie L. Walker
• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.
• L. Douglas Wilder
• George C. Marshall

Who was a Virginia governor who was the first African American to be elected as a state governor in the United States?

• L. Douglas Wilder
• A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
• Woodrow Wilson
• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

Who was a military leader who created an economic plan to ensure world peace?

• Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
• Woodrow Wilson
• George C. Marshall
• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

Who was a Virginia governor who was known for a “Pay as You Go” policy for road improvements and he modernized Virginia state government and led a massive resistance movement against the desegregation of public schools?

• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.
• A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
• Maggie L. Walker

Who was a 20^th century president who wrote a plan for world peace?

• L. Douglas Wilder
• George C. Marshall
• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.
• Woodrow Wilson

Who was the first African-American woman to establish a bank and become a bank president?

• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.
• Maggie L. Walker
• Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
• Woodrow Wilson

Who was a Virginia governor who promoted racial equality and appointed more African Americans and women to positions in state government than previous governors?

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
• L. Douglas Wilder
• George C. Marshall
• A. Linwood Holton, Jr.