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Dec 9, 2015 · L. Douglas Wilder, the namesake of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs who made history when he became the nation’s first elected African-American governor, describes his remarkable life and rise in politics in his newly released book, “Son of Virginia.”
THE HONORABLE L. DOUGLAS WILDER is the 66th Governor of Virginia and a distinguished professor at the school that bears his name. A native of Richmond’s historic Church Hill district, Wilder is the nation’s first elected African-American governor and served as the commonwealth’s chief executive officer from 1990 to 1994.
Feb 18, 1991 · Governor L. Douglas Wilder is the first elected African-American governor in United States history. Governor Wilder talked about his own military experiences and related them to the current ...
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Mar 2, 2020 · L. Douglas Wilder is the 66th governor of Virginia and a distinguished professor at the school that bears his name. A native of Richmond's historic Church Hill district, Wilder served as the commonwealth's chief executive officer from 1990 to 1994, and is the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since Reconstruction, and ...
Oct 15, 2008 · Douglas Wilder became the first African American to be elected governor of a U.S state when he was elected in Virginia in 1989. Now, nearly two decades later, he discusses parallels between his ...
Dec 9, 2014 · During the opening session of a daylong symposium to reflect on the legacy of L. Douglas Wilder, former reporters who covered his historic run to become the nation’s first popularly elected African-American governor and his years in office described him as “wild and wily,” “a walking news machine” and someone with “extreme self-confidence” who delighted in the theater of politics.
Jan 14, 1990 · L. DOUGLAS WILDER was born in Richmond, Virginia, and earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Virginia Union University in 1951. He earned his law degree in 1959 from Howard University School of Law. He served in the U.S. Army in Korea 1952-1953 and was awarded the Bronze Star for heroism in ground combat.
