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Title: | Virginius Dabney (1901-1995) | ||||||||
Date: | 1901-1995 | ||||||||
Description: | Entry on journalist, writer, historian, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing, Virginius Dabney. In the 1930s, Dabney advocated a federal antilynching law and opposed the poll tax, but following World War II, he generally supported segregation and massive resistance. Includes a brief list of suggested readings, photographs, and a timeline. | ||||||||
Types: | Articles | Photographs | Portraits | Timelines (chronologies) | ||||||||
Subjects: | Dabney, Virginius, 1901-1995 | Newspaper editors--Virginia--Biography | Segregationists--Virginia--Biography | Virginia | ||||||||
Collection: | Institution: | Contributors: | Virginia Foundation for the Humanities | Online Publisher: | Charlottesville, Va. : Virginia Foundation for the Humanities | 2011 | Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Dabney_Virginius_1901-1995 | |