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Sat, 01.13.1990

America Elects Its First Black Governor

L. Douglas Wilder

On this date in 1990, Virginia became the first state in America to elect a Black man as its governor. Lawrence Douglas Wilder, a Richmond native, ran the state from 1990 to 1994. State law limits each governor’s service to one four-year term.

Wilder, a Virginia Union and Howard University graduate, was the first Black elected to the Virginia Senate in 1969.

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Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too. Once I redemption neither sought... ON BEING BROUGHT FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA by Phyllis Wheatley.
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