Next year, the state of Virginia will celebrate its 400th anniversary, and no doubt Old Dominion will find new ways to celebrate its notable sons and daughters - from George Washington to Pat Robertson, Pocahontas to Katie Couric. Certainly, African-American Virginians, including Arthur Ashe, Booker T. Washington, and Douglas Wilder, will be recognized during this jubilee. Hopefully the commonwealth will also note Henrietta Pleasant Lacks, the world's first immortalized life.












