CSPAN2 Washington Journal Douglas Wilder Discusses Race Relations September 29, 2017
Governor since reconstruction. You write that you are a product of that state, the good, the bad, and the ugly. What did you mean by that . [laughter] mr. Wilder as you pointed out,eing the grandson of slaves one would never expect that person to run to be the governor of a state, sit in the same seat that Patrick Henry occupied, Thomas Jefferson occupied. To the extent that those tribunals were overcome, it is a testament to show what the people of virginia had gone through relative to refurbishing and making certain that the image did not continue. So i like to think does what i would like t...