by Larry Chowning –  Thomas Calhoun (T.C.) Walker was born an enslaved child in Gloucester County and died in 1953 having made an enormous impact on the future of African-Americans in Virginia and beyond. Born June 16, 1862, in a small cabin on a plantation in Gloucester, Walker was raised by his former owner’s son … Continue reading Late Gloucester African-American trailblazer Walker was sometimes called “Black Governor of Virginia”