In 1917, the U.S. Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, an act that severely curtailed Asian immigration and mandated immigrant literacy testing.
James H. McConkey was born on August 11, 1938, in Copen, WV, the only son to James Flavil (JF) and Mary Elizabeth (Smith) McConkey in the house built by his grandfather George W. McConkey. The family ...