1990 January 13

Douglas Wilder Becomes First Elected African-American Governor

 

Douglas Wilder took the oath of office on this day, becoming the first African-American governor in Virginia history and the first African-American governor in the U.S. since Reconstruction.

During Reconstruction, Pinckney Pinchback served as acting governor of Louisiana for 35 days, from December 1872, to January 1873.

Read: Don Baker, Wilder: Hold Fast to Dreams: A Biography of L. Douglas Wilder (1989)

Julian Bond Interviews Wilder on African-American Leadership: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DldiHB_QL8

For a great perspective on the “long Sixties:” Tom Hayden, The Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama (2009)

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