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100 1 $aHolton, A. Linwood$q(Abner Linwood),$d1923-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87836454
245 10 $aOpportunity time /$cLinwood Holton.
260 $aCharlottesville :$bUniversity of Virginia Press,$c2008.
300 $axiii, 226 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $tForeword /$rAnn W. Compton -- $t1923-1948 the Early Years -- $g1.$tBig Stone Gap -- $g2.$tCollege, War, and Harvard -- $t1949-1953 Getting Started -- $g3.$tRoanoke, My GOP Incubator -- $g4.$tRepublican Confidence Growing -- $t1954-1965 Virginia and the Gop -- $g5.$tBuilding the Party -- $g6.$tGOP Loss Spawns Holton Strategy -- $t1968-1969 the Second Holton Campaign -- $g7.$tCampaign '69 -- $g8.$tThe Nixon Story -- $t1970-1974 Virginia's Holton Years -- $g9.$tHelp for Keeping Those Promises -- $g10.$tLeading by Example -- $g11.$tContributions, Benchmarks, and Anecdotes -- $g12.$tMemories: Up Close and Personal -- $g13.$tPast as Prologue -- $t1974-2006 Post-Governor Years -- $g14.$tRockefeller and a Tour at the State Department -- $g15.$tJohn Warner and Our Occasionally Parallel Paths -- $g16.$tThe Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority -- $g17.$tThe Ongoing Amtrak Saga -- $g18.$tYoungish Elder Statesman Finds New Opportunity Times -- $g19.$tAll in the Family: Governor Kaine's Win -- $gAppendix.$tThe 1970 Inaugural Address.
520 1 $a"When newly elected Virginia governor Linwood Holton escorted his children into an integrated Richmond public school in 1970, he delivered the coup-de-grace to the Byrd machine, a network of conservative Democrats who had flouted Brown vs. Board of Education through their policy of "Massive Resistance" for more than a decade. Opportunity Time is a disarmingly candid memoir that offers a behind-the-scenes account of his private and public life at a critical juncture in the political history of Virginia and the nation." "Holton's election as the first Republican governor in over one hundred years was the culmination of his efforts to create a two-party democracy in Virginia. His tenure led to the reformation of the structure of Virginia's government and balanced the needs of environmental conservation with the need for the development of key areas such as Hampton Roads. But his greatest political legacy is his commitment to civil rights, most notably through championing school integration and busing. When Richard Nixon's "Southern Strategy" - aimed at wooing white voters away from the Democratic Party - was in full swing, Holton devised and implemented an alternative southern strategy, one that acknowledged and addressed racial injustice and violence rather than glossing it over or turning a blind eye to it." "Although a Republican politician, Governor Holton has long appealed to constituents from both parties. Holton has himself supported moderate Republicans, including Senator John Warner, but as the Republican Party became increasingly conservative, he found his views were more in tune with the state Democratic Party. In recent years, he has endorsed several Democrats for statewide office, including his son-in-law who also became governor of Virginia, Tim Kaine." "Holton's voice in Opportunity Time reflects his small-town roots in Southwest Virginia, where his father was a railroad executive, and his direct and pragmatic approach to political issues. This accessible and enjoyable memoir offers an insider's perspective on Republican Party politics and race relations through the eyes of a decent, groundbreaking politician."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aHolton, A. Linwood$q(Abner Linwood),$d1923-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87836454
650 0 $aGovernors$zVirginia$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008118353
651 0 $aVirginia$xPolitics and government$y1951-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143779
651 0 $aVirginia$xSocial policy.
852 00 $boff,glx$hF231.3.H65$iA3 2008