Educator

Educator · Author

Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Institute and a leading educator, was born into slavery in Franklin County, Virginia.

Educator · Author

Carter G. Woodson, the "Father of Black History," was born in Buckingham County, Virginia.

Religious Leader · Educator

Jerry Falwell, founder of Liberty University and the Moral Majority, was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Educator

Robert Russa Moton, who succeeded Booker T. Washington as head of Tuskegee, was born in Amelia County, Virginia.

Politician · Educator

Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth U.S. president who led the nation through World War I, was born in Staunton, Virginia.