Virginius Dabney was an American teacher, journalist, and writer, who edited the Richmond Times-Dispatch from 1936 to 1969 and wrote several historical books.
13 Facts About Virginius Dabney
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Virginius Dabney was born on February 8,1901, at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, where his father, Richard Heath Dabney, was a professor of history.
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Virginius Dabney's paternal grandfather was a Confederate veteran and author of collections of tales about the Commonwealth.
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Virginius Dabney then studied at the University of Virginia, where he was a brother in the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
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Virginius Dabney editorialized against Adolf Hitler and in favor of wage and hour laws for women.
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Virginius Dabney was, for his time, a progressive, and at times a liberal voice, opposing the Ku Klux Klan and the poll tax.
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Virginius Dabney was not afraid to take on the Byrd Organization, a political machine of Governor Harry F Byrd that dominated Virginia's politics from the late 1920s until 1969.
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Virginius Dabney was known for opining on less-serious topics, such as the death of Ellen Glasgow's dog, and on the qualities of grits and mint juleps.
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Virginius Dabney served on the Southern Policy Committee and the Southern Conference for Human Welfare.
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Virginius Dabney was a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors from 1940 to 1942.
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On March 1,1952, Virginius Dabney guest starred on the CBS live variety show, Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town, in which hostess Faye Emerson visited Richmond to accent the kinds of music popular in the city.
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Active in the Virginia Historical Society, Virginius Dabney served on its executive committee for three decades and as president from 1969 to 1972.
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Virginius Dabney died the following year, in his sleep at his Richmond home on December 28,1995, aged 94.