As part of the Strong Men & Women program, students
in Virginia, North Carolina, and high schools in Ohio's Cleveland, East Cleveland,
Euclid and Warrensville Heights School districts were invited to submit
essays about their African-American role models, and how those men and women
have influenced them.
The essays were judged, and those selected as winners from
Dominion's Virginia, North Carolina and Ohio operating regions are listed below.
Click on the title of any essay to read about that young person's relationship
to a strong man or woman.
View
a video of the students reading their essays. The
viewer features a menu that enables you to select from six different videos.
Virginia - Central Region Sojourner Truth by Emily Dutton
Massaponax High School - Fredericksburg, Virginia
Virginia - Eastern Region Carl Owens by Matthew James Mason
Frank W. Cox High School - Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia - Northwest Region Tuskegee Airmen by
Chioma Urama
South County Secondary School - Fairfax County, Virginia
North Carolina Region Frederick Douglass by Warché Downing
Plymouth High School - Plymouth, North Carolina
