The Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government was a state agency created by the Virginia legislature in 1956, with the mission of promoting "constitutional government" in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education.
The fifteen-member Commission brought together leading Virginia writers, journalists, lawyers, and politicians, with the governor serving as an ex officio member.
"[1] To this end, the Commission, headed by David J. Mays, a Pulitzer Prize–winning author,[2] and James J. Kilpatrick, authored numerous pamphlets and books opposing integration of the public schools, federal civil rights statutes, and recent Supreme Court decisions.
Beginning in 1959, the VCCG began working with the Virginia department of education to develop a two-semester course for high school seniors on American government and political institutions.
The Commission also provided each high school senior with an annotated copy of the United States Constitution.