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Douglas Wilder was the first African American elected as governor in U.S. history, serving Virginia from 1990 to 1994. Mr. Wilder was a guest speaker in a Virginia Commonwealth University cl…

Former Governor Douglas Wilder (D-VA) talked about his book, Son of Virginia: A Life in America’s Political Arena, and gave his thoughts on the current political climate. Mr. Wilder was the …

Former Governor Douglas Wilder (D-VA), the first elected African American governor in American history, talked about race relations and the debate over removing Confederate statues and symbo…

Former Governor Douglas Wilder (D-VA) talked about his book, Son of Virginia: A Life in America’s Political Arena. This interview was held at the 38th annual National Press Club Book Fair an…

Former Governor Douglas Wilder (D-VA) talked about his book, Son of Virginia: A Life in America’s Political Arena, about his life and politics. In 1990, Governor Wilder was elected as the fi…

Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at an NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund luncheon commemorating the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. Following Attorney General Holde…

Students from the Washington Center, George Mason University in Virginia, and Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, participated by broadband feed in a distance learning class. …

Douglas Wilder, former governor of Virginia, talked by video uplink from Richmond, Virginia about his recent op-ed in which he calls not only for President Obama to make changes to his advis…

Kelly Johnson talked about the book she edited, A Better Man: True American Heroes Speak to Young Men on Love, Power, Pride and What it Really Means to Be a Man (Brandylane Publishers, Inc.;…

Speakers celebrated the 100th anniversary of the NAACP. They spoke about historic achievements and the future of the civil rights movement. This plenary session of the NAACP Centennial Conve…

Former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder spoke at a conference was held marking the 50th anniversary of the 1959 end of Massive Resistance, Virginia’s campaign to circumvent the public sch…

Telephone lines were open for reaction to the opening day of the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. Highlights of the Convention were shown. Addition…

Former Virginia Governor Wilder, a Democrat who served from 1990-94, was the first and so far, only, African American to serve as a governor. He spoke about his career and historic administr…

Participants spoke about the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln at a dedication ceremony for a statue commemorating President Lincoln’s visit to Richmond in April 1865 as the Civil War was …

Participants talked about establishing a museum dedicated to the study and presentation of issues related to slavery in America. Among the topics addressed were the types of collections to b…

Standing in front of James Madison’s Montpelier, Governor Wilder spoke to a reunion of slave descendants about slavery’s impacts on American culture. Following his remarks he answered questi…

From Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia a Virginia Senate Debate. Sen. Chuck Robb (D-Virginia), Candidate for Re-election and former Governor George Allen (R-Virginia), U…

The two main candidates debated state issues, such as taxes, the environment and education. The candidates made opening statements, took questions from two panelists, each other and Virginia…

Speakers, including Southern law enforcement officials, fire investigators, and church and civil rights leaders, discussed the recent church burnings and hate crimes. Clarence Newsome, Assoc…

The memorial service for Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, held at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington D.C.. Brown was killed in the crash of a U.S. Air Force jet in Croatia that took …