Thus Susan Anderson, writing in The Nation, blasted the new generation of black politicians for caving in to the expediency of building political coalitions rather than being advocates for the ...

Douglas Wilder Library website ... including as Virginia’s first Black lieutenant governor: “One word describes it for me, is somber,” he said, “because I recall what it has meant to ...

Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs ... to hold statewide office in Virginia as the 35th Lieutenant Governor and made history again as the 66th Governor of Virginia.

A majority of Virginians support including the right to an abortion in the Virginia Constitution and approve of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) receiving annual state funding ...

(WWBT) - Virginia’s former governor, Doug Wilder ... s legacy will take place at Virginia Union University at the L. Douglas Wilder Library and Learning Resource Center. The event will take ...

Virginians say the economy and cost of living was their top issue in a new poll that was conducted by the L. Douglas Wilder School of the Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth ...

In 1990, L. Douglas Wilder took office in Virginia, becoming the first elected Black governor of a U.S. state. In 1991, at least 40 South Africans were killed and 50 injured when fighting erupted ...

Reginald Lewis was a role model for all Black Americans in business, especially entrepreneurs like himself, writes.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Current and former Virginia elected leaders speaking at this weekend's service for the first Black mayor ...