Pioneer Civil Rights Movement/1960 chairperson of student sit-in movement in Nashville?the first southern city to desegregate its lunch counters/arrested for civil rights activities culminated in imprisoned 30 days in 1961 while pregnant
Korean Vet, Battle of Pork Chop Hill/Governor of Virginia (1990-94); Mayor of Richmond, Virginia (2005-09); first African American to be elected governor of a US State