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James Lindsay Almond Jr. (June 15, 1898 – April 14, 1986) was an American lawyer, state and federal judge and Democratic party politician.
Apr 21, 2022 · J. Lindsay Almond Jr. was a governor of Virginia (1958–1962) whose name became synonymous with Massive Resistance, the legislative effort used to prevent school desegregation in light of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, Supreme Court of the United States ruling in 1954.
James Lindsay Almond (15 June 1898–14 April 1986), member of the House of Representatives, attorney general of Virginia, and governor of Virginia, was born in Charlottesville, the elder of two sons and second of three children of James Lindsay Almond and Edmonia Nicholas Burgess Almond.
James Lindsay Almond Jr. (June 15, 1898 – April 14, 1986) was an American lawyer, state and federal judge and Democratic party politician.
J. Lindsay Almond's tenure as attorney general and most of his term as governor were dominated by one issue: school desegregation. By the time Almond ran for governor in 1957, Virginia was in the midst of a widespread effort to maintain segregation in its public schools.
Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986. Biography: "Representative from Virginia; born in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., June 15, 1898; attended the graded schools in Locust Grove, Va.; law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, LL.B., 1923; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in ...
James Lindsay Almond Jr. was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, on June 15, 1898. He grew up on his family's farm in Orange County and attended a one-room county schoolhouse. After graduating high school in 1917, he joined the Student Army Training Corps at the University of Virginia.
