Important People and Events in VA During/After 20th Century

First African American to be elected governor in VA and U.S.

• Harry Byrd

• Oliver Hill

• Maggie Walker

• Douglas Wilder

Led a student strike against segregation in 1951

• Maggie Walker

• Oliver Hill

• Barbara Johns

• Douglas Wilder

Appointed more African Americans and women to state government positions than others had

• Aurthur Ashe

• Linwood Holton

• Maggie Walter

• Barbara Johns

First African American Woman to establish a bank

• Barbara Bush

• Maggie Walker

• Sojourner Truth

• Oprah Winfrey

Established "pay-as-you-go"policy for road improvements

• Harry Byrd

• Linwood Holton

• Douglas Wilder

• Oliver Hill

Played a key role in Brown vs. Board of Education decision

• Authur Ashe

• Oliver Hill

• Linwood Holton

• Douglas Wilder

Year the Constitution gave women the right to vote

• 1920

• 1930

• 1940

• 1950

Decade that the world went through a period of harsh economic conditions

• 20s

• 30s

• 40s

• 50s

Who led a student strike against Segregation in 1951?

• Authur Ashe

• Douglas Wilder

• Maggie Walker

• Barbara Johns

What did the Brown v. Board of Education case declare?

• women could vote

• segregation was unconstitutional

• "separate but equal" was unconstitutional

• both b and c