Virginia Capitol Connections Summer 2019

C O N T E N T S VIRGINIA CAPITOL CONNECTIONS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE

Summer 2019

4 Publisher’s Introduction

5 The Past Begins With Equity Today

Race and Reconciliation (continued) and Virginia’s History

5 To Build a More Equal Virginia

6 Renaming a Boulevard

7 Felony disenfranchisement

8 Are we making progress?

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9 A Northern View

10 The Capitol Calamity

10 Capitol Square Stories

Rasoul

Bagby

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11 Richmond’s Preservation Pioneer

12 George Wythe

13 The Bedford Boys

14 Earthly Departures

Gray

page 13

15 For History Lovers

page 6

16 Redistricting Reform

Ruff

18 A Bruising Election Cycle

20 “I’ll beat you every time.”

21 Railroading

On The Web www.vccqm.org

22 If Walls Could Talk

Henderson

Rush

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24 Veterans, military, and families

page 16

26 JLARC Studies

Volume 25 Number 3 • Editor-in-Chief –Bonnie Atwood • Assistant Editor –Hayley Allison • Student Editor –Cierra Parks • Staff –Aynae Simmons • Publisher –David Bailey Art Director –John Sours • School Distribution –schools@capitolsquare.com • Advertising –Ads@CapitolSquare.com • Printer –Wordsprint • Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine (ISSN 1076-4577) is published by: Virginia Capitol Connections • 1108 East Main Street • Suite 1200 • Richmond, Virginia 23219 • (804) 643-5554 • Copyright 2018, Virginia Capitol Connections, Inc. All rights reserved. The views expressed in the articles of Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine , a non-partisan publication, are not necessarily those of the editors or publisher.

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