Article: Virginia's first Black governor, L. Douglas Wilder, will run for mayor of Richmond, the city in which he was born 73 years ago.(Ticker Tape)(Brief Article)

Article: FOCUS: WILDER'S IMPACT TEN YEARS AGO, THE ...
The Virginian Pilot;  January 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... canes. Parents hoisted bundled-up children onto shoulders. Teen-agers clambered up trees to catch a glimpse of L. Douglas Wilder, a son of Virginia and a grandson of slaves, as he raised his right hand, spoke a brief oath and became the nation ...

Transcript: Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder Approaches End ...
NPR Morning Edition;  November 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... music] CONAN: Four years ago, Virginia voters ... when they elected Douglas Wilder - he was the first ... Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder stands behind a large ... charge manner. Gov. DOUGLAS WILDER, Virginia: [talking ...

Article: An icon moves on; Douglas Wilder.(Douglas ...
The Economist (US);  May 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The mayor of Richmond announces his retirement DOUGLAS WILDER'S political career is all about firsts: in 1969 ... was the nation's first elected black governor. Four years ago, he became the first directly elected mayor of racially ...

Article: The first Black elected governor: L. Douglas Wilder ...
Ebony;  February 1, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... story is infamous. Since election day 1989--the day L. Douglas Wilder made history by becoming the country's first elected Black ... Everybody loves a winner. But it didn't start out that way 21 years ago when Wilder began his political career as the only Black ...

Article: On the Eve of the New Dominion;For L. Douglas ...
The Washington Post;  January 13, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... the height of the eve of his historic inauguration, L. Douglas Wilder got the best seat in the house, Richmond's glorious Mosque ... of Norfolk-Southern Corp., first worked in Virginia 30 years ago. "It was the period when Harry Byrd Sr. was senator ...

Article: Virginia's anticipated revenue growth means no more cuts, Gov. ...
The Bond Buyer;  August 26, 1991 ;     700+ words ...RICHMOND -- Gov. L. Douglas Wilder told the Virginia General Assembly Friday he foresees no need ... former federal workers were. The U.S. Supreme Court several years ago ruled such tax inequities unconstitutional, but declined to ...

Article: News and Views: Douglas Wilder Withdraws From the ...
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education;  December 31, 1998 ;     700+ words ...News and Views: Douglas Wilder Withdraws From the Presidency ... University in the late 1940s, L. Douglas Wilder worked as a waiter at private ... heart was not in his studies. Douglas Wilder was a party animal. He was more ...