Former senior White House adviser Karl Rove on Tuesday said he was not in favor of former President George W. Bush choosing ...

In an age of bluster, his quiet command reshaped American power. He was the man who was one heartbeat from the presidency, yet who was often its driving force.

Gravely had some of that renown. The executive secretary of the Virginia NAACP in the 1970s and 1980s, Gravely was a familiar voice on civil-rights matters, rarely avoiding the opportunity to share an ...