Article: L. Douglas Wilder: November 7, 1989. (elected Virginia governor and became first black governor on this day)(This Week In Black History)(Brief Article)

Article: This week in Black history.(Civil Rights Movement memorial ...
Jet;  November 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the period. November 7, 1989--Douglas Wilder was the first Black to be elected state governor in United States history when he became the governor ... serving a second term. Lawrence Douglas Wilder was born on January 17, 1931, in ...

Article: Lawrence Douglas Wilder
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...Lawrence Douglas Wilder Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born 1931) was the first African ... American elected governor in the United States. He rose from waiting tables ... governor four years later. Lawrence Douglas Wilder was born January 17, 1931 ...

Article: Lawrence Douglas Wilder: November 7, 1989. (elected ...
Jet;  November 7, 1994 ;     491 words ...Lawrence Douglas Wilder was elected governor of Virginia on this day, becoming the first Black elected governor in United States history. He served for one four-year term. Wilder was born on January 17, 1931, in Richmond, VA. Wilder received ...

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 ... the late 1940s, L. Douglas Wilder worked as a waiter ... not in his studies. Douglas Wilder was a party animal ... around the world, the United States was embroiled in the ...

Article: News and Views: Douglas Wilder Withdraws From the ...
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, The;  December 31, 1998 ;     644 words ... ... 1998 News and Views: Douglas Wilder Withdraws From the ... the late 1940s, L. Douglas Wilder worked as a waiter ... not in his studies. Douglas Wilder was a party animal ... around the world, the United States was embroiled in the ...

Article: Q&A: Douglas Wilder Returns to Politics
The Crisis;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...L. Douglas Wilder has never shied away from a challenge. He made history in 1990 when he became the first elected African American governor in United States history. Since serving that four-year term, Wilder has hosted ...

Article: United Airlines' bid for Tokyo route authority supported by ...
PR Newswire;  March 15, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... CHICAGO, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and the commonwealth of Virginia's entire congressional ... travelers and cargo shippers in the eastern half of the United States direct service to Japan and on to other points in Asia through ...