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Bookmark or Share- Douglas Wilder of Virginia becomes the nation’s first ... - HISTORYDouglas Wilder, the first African American to be elected governor of an American state, takes office as Governor of Virginia on January 13, 1990. Wilder broke a number of color barriers in...
- The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder's Biography - The HistoryMakersThe Honorable L. Douglas Wilder describes entering the Virginia bar in 1960, managing discrimination within the bar, and helping to organize the black bar; The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder talks about the influence of HistoryMaker Oliver W. Hill, Thurgood Marshall, Spottswood W. Robinson III and others
- Lawrence Douglas Wilder (1931- ) • - BlackpastBorn in Richmond, Virginia on January 17, 1931, Lawrence Douglas Wilder was the first African American to be elected governor in the United States of America. For four years Wilder served as the governor of Virginia (1990-1994) after previously serving as Lt. Governor of the state from 1986 to 1990. He later served as mayor of Richmond, Virginia.
- L. Douglas Wilder (1931– ) - Encyclopedia VirginiaL. Douglas Wilder was governor of Virginia from 1990 until 1994. His was a political career of many firsts: the grandson of enslaved people, he was the first African American elected governor of any state in America. He was the first Black member of the Virginia Senate in the twentieth century.
- Douglas Wilder - WikipediaLawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction era, and the first African American ever elected as governor.
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