BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240505T160000Z DTEND:20240505T180000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Author Event: Michael Lee Pope - The Byrd Machine in Virginia DESCRIPTION:On January 19\, 2023\, author and journalist Michael Lee Pope traced the history of Harry Byrd's conservative political organization\, which ran Virginia politics for more than half a century. A young state senator named Harry Byrd campaigned for governor and launched his own machine\, which would wield power and influence over everything from who got the nod to be governor to how the state maintained racial segregation. The Byrd organization operated with a pathological hatred of debt spending\, crushing the power of labor unions\, and forcing its will on Black school children protesting separate and unequal facilities. The turning point came during massive resistance\, a move to close public schools rather than integrate them. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:On January 19\, 2023\, author and journalist Michael Lee Pope traced the history of Harry Byrd&rsquo\;s conservative political organization\, which ran Virginia politics for more than half a century. A young state senator named Harry Byrd campaigned for governor and launched his own machine\, which would wield power and influence over everything from who got the nod to be governor to how the state maintained racial segregation. The Byrd organization operated with a pathological hatred of debt spending\, crushing the power of labor unions\, and forcing its will on Black school children protesting separate and unequal facilities. The turning point came during massive resistance\, a move to close public schools rather than integrate them. \; LOCATION:Winchester Book Gallery 7 N. Loudoun Street Winchester VA 22601 UID:e.2531.21434 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260506T145254Z URL:https://topchamberelevate-gzcms.preview.gochambermaster.com/events/details/author-event-michael-lee-pope-the-byrd-machine-in-virginia-05-05-2024-21434 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR