CSPAN2 Book Discussion On Son Of Virginia January 10, 2016
The door burst open and doug wilder bounds in with his son and chauffeur, larry, intel. This just goes to show you that he was and is a force of nature. But this grandson of slaves was a public figure in virginia years before first historic run for statewide office. The first black member of the Virginia Senate since reconstruction, he served in the state senate for 16 years before he was elected Lieutenant Governor, becoming the first africanamerican elected to statewide office in virginia. Four years later he followed that up in 1989 when he became the nations first elected africanamerican g...
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