Contributing Virginians

Who was the first African American women to become a bank president in the United States?

• Oprah Winfrey

• Maggie L. Walker

• Margaret Thatcher

A governor who improved roads and modernized Virginia government

• Oliver Hill Sr.

• Arthur Ashe Jr.

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

Civil rights leader who worked for equal rights of African Americans.

• Oliver Hill Sr.

• Arthur Ashe

First African American winner of tennis championship- fought for social change.

• Douglas Wilder

• Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.

As governor, hired more African American and women to positions in state government.

• A. Linwood Holton, Jr.

• Douglas Wilder

First African American to be elected as a governor in the United States.

• Douglas Wilder

• Arthur R. Ashe Jr.