- did you ever think you'd see the day when a black man would be elected governor of virginia? - no, indeedy. see, i was born in the '30s, so you know i didn't think nothing like that gonna happen. - after we saw hundreds of black elected officials, the reality set in that we made a step, but we had not gotten all the way to where we wanted. - in last year's mayoral campaign, dinkins ran as the candidate who would heal new york's deep racial divisions. now he finds himself scrambling to keep ahead of a situation that is becoming highly volatile. - an angry crowd roamed through the crown heights section of brooklyn demanding justice after a motorist, a hassidic man, ran a red light and hit two black children, killing one and critically injuring the other. a hassidic student was stabbed to death hours after the accident. - for several days, there was rioting, blacks attacking jews, and i got the blame for that.