VCC Magazine Spring 2019

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

Spring 2019

4 Publisher’s Introduction

5 Year of Reconciliation and Civility

6 The Unknown King

Race and Reconciliation

7 Deep Wounds

10 Where do we go from here?

11 More important to listen than to speak

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12 “Don’t go into the colored section.”

13 After Integration

13 Moving Forward Again

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15 Wasting an Opportunity to Learn

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16 Naming Our Past and Claiming Our Future

17 Virginians for Reconciliation

18 Q & A with Larry Sabato

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19 Virginia Legislative Staff

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28 An American Unaware

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29 HOT 6 General Assembly Topics

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30 Hire Vets Now

31 Cookies and More

33 Close But No ERA

On The Web www.vccqm.org

Virginia Legislative

34 In Memoriam: Betsy Barton

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34 Administrative Assistants

35 Association and Business Directory

Volume 25 Number 2 • Editor-in-Chief –Bonnie Atwood • Assistant Editor –Hayley Allison • Student Editor –Cierra Parks • Staff –Harrison Seaborn, LaVon Dixon • 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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