Victoria in Lunenburg County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Nathaniel Lee Hawthorne
(1923–1975)
Erected 2017 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number SN-40.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1965.
Location. 36° 59.018′ N, 78° 13.371′ W. Marker is in Victoria, Virginia, in Lunenburg County. Marker is at the intersection of Mecklenburg Avenue and West 10th Street, on the right when traveling south on Mecklenburg Avenue . Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Victoria VA 23974, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Peoples Community Center (approx. 0.2 miles away); Places of the Past (approx. 0.7 miles away); Businesses & Merchants (approx. 0.7 miles away); People of Victoria (approx. 0.7 miles away); Railroad History (approx. 0.7 miles away); Town of Victoria (approx. 0.7 miles away); Lunenburg High School (approx. 0.9 miles away); Lunenburg County Confederate Monument (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Victoria.
Also see . . . Nathaniel Lee Hawthorne, Virginia’s forgotten civil rights pioneer. 2015 column by Dale Brumfield in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “As the uncompromising chairman of the Lunenburg County NAACP, the Victoria native faced a daunting task: one fourth of all black families in Southside earned less than $1,000 annually, mostly in menial, tobacco-related jobs. The black student school dropout rate averaged 70 percent, and even though blacks composed about 50 percent of the population, only 18 percent were registered to vote, due in part to county registrars who purposefully kept random, unannounced working hours.” (Submitted on August 28, 2017.)
Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 28, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,428 times since then and 194 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 28, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.