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- Douglas Wilder was the 66th governor of Virginia and the nation’s first elected African American governor, serving from 1990 to 1994.
3 days ago · L. Douglas Wilder. Lawrence Douglas Wilder became the first African American to be elected governor of a U.S. state, serving as the 66th governor of Virginia. His political career began in the ...
4 days ago · As we say in the news biz, L. Douglas Wilder has been good copy for more than five decades. Wilder rose from Richmond’s segregated Church Hill to become the nation’s first elected Black ...
6 days ago · In January 1970, two senior members of the state Senate — Dr. J.D. Hagood of Halifax County (left) and M.M. Long of Wise County — greeted Richmond’s L. Douglas Wilder, the chamber’s newest ...
2 days ago · Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (1912-2002) was a four-star general in the United States Air Force. Davis fought in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
4 days ago · In January 1988, Lt. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (left) shared a laugh with tennis star and humanitarian Arthur Ashe at a birthday celebration for Wilder in Richmond.
5 days ago · In 1989 Virginia elected its first African American governor, Douglas Wilder. Meanwhile, Virginia also developed solid two-party competition, with the Democratic and Republican parties controlling the state legislature and the governorship at various times.
