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	Douglas Wilder - MSN Encarta
		Douglas Wilder (1931- ) governor of Virginia (1990-1994), the first fl American to be elected a United States governor.
		Wilder was born in Richmond, Virginia, and educated at Virginia Union University (1951) and Howard University Law School (1959).
		Wilder was elected governor of the state in 1989.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761567121/Douglas_Wilder.html (267 words)

	Wilder, L. Douglas - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Richmond, Va. The grandson of slaves, Wilder studied law at Howard Univ. A Democrat, he was elected a state senator in 1969, becoming the first African American to serve in the Virginia legislature since Reconstruction.
		The outspoken and often combative Wilder was briefly an unsuccessful aspirant for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992 and just as briefly an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate from Virginia in 1994.
		The call of the Wilder: Virginia's governor is capable of transcendent, triumphal moments and of astonishing pettiness.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-wilderlwr.html (368 words)

	Lawrence Douglas Wilder
		Born on January 17,1931, Wilder was raised in the poverty of depression era Richmond.
		Wilder pursued this goal with a steadfast determination and received a Chemistry degree from Virginia Union University in 1951.
		Years before Wilder even dreamed of becoming the Governor of Virginia, he exuded a drive and determination to compete with and defeat his contemporaries regardless of their skin tone or the level or quality of there education.
	members.tripod.com /phi_nu_2_sp99/lawrence.htm (579 words)

	Douglas Wilder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American politician.
		Wilder was a leading proponent of the mayor-at-large proposal.
		Wilder is the first directly elected Mayor of Richmond in sixty years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Douglas_Wilder (715 words)

	Former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In 2004, Wilder ran in the first election for the new job and won overwhelmingly, with nearly 80% of the vote.
		In 1992, Wilder was a Democratic candidate for the presidency.
		Wilder is also a prominent life member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., an intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
	www.southernct.edu /pub/wilder.htm (332 words)

	Doug Wilder’s Campaign
		Wilder, a suave yet street-wise Richmond lawyer, a 15-year Senate veteran, the grandson of a slave, had not only achieved what virtually every state political analyst had said was impossible.
		Wilder, meanwhile, insisted that the media and political consultants cared more than voters about racial matters, and unlike previous fl candidates across the South, he rejected advice that he keep his face off television and out of the newspapers.
		Spectacular as Wilder’s victory was, however, southern political leaders view it primarily as a milestone, not as the climax of an evolutionary shift.
	www.aliciapatterson.org /APF0902/Edds/Edds.html (3436 words)

	Douglas Wilder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Lawrence Douglas Wilder (1931—) was the first African American in the United States to be elected governor of a state.
		Wilder's inauguration as governor in January 1990 was doubly notable in that the first woman to win election to statewide office, Mary Sue Terry, was sworn in on the same day as attorney general of Virginia.
		For a brief time in 1991 Wilder was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States.
	www.lva.lib.va.us /whoweare/exhibits/political/douglas_wilder.htm (170 words)

	Douglas Wilder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Wilder began his career in public office after winning a 1969 special election to the Virginia Senate, becoming the first African American state senator from Virginia since Reconstruction.
		Ascending from that office, Wilder was elected Governor as a Democrat in November 1989, defeating Republican Marshall Coleman by a spread of less than half a percent.
		A Wilder campaign poster for the Virginia Senate Despite being a Democrat and the first African American governor of Virginia, many see Wilder's politics as catering to white conservatives.
	douglas-wilder.kiwiki.homeip.net (569 words)

	USATODAY.com - First elected black governor runs for mayor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Wilder's mayoral bid is part of a long political resume that dates back to the 1960s, when he was first elected to the Virginia Senate.
		The grandson of slaves, Wilder served as governor from 1990-1994 and briefly sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992.
		Wilder is now one of four candidates, but his chief rival is incumbent Rudy McCollum, an eight-year councilman who has doubled as mayor the past three years.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/local/2004-09-26-wilder_x.htm (902 words)

	ABC News: Wilder to Endorse Kaine in Va. Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Wilder, the nation's first and only elected fl governor, will give Kaine his formal blessing at a morning news conference in Richmond, said Paul Goldman, a senior adviser to the mayor.
		Wilder made it clear that support for greater state aid to a program to help low-income households pay heating bills and a commitment to protect Virginia's one-handgun-per-month law would weigh heavily in deciding whom he would endorse.
		Wilder sought the pledge in recent weeks after record increases in energy costs left him fearful that thousands of the city's low-income families, unable to pay heating bills, could be forced into the sort of government shelters that open during the Gulf Coast hurricanes.
	abcnews.go.com /Politics/wireStory?id=1273754&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (428 words)

	UNSM
		The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder is a Distinguished Professor, Center for Public Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University.
		Douglas Wilder was elected Mayor of the City of Richmond, VA.
		Governor Wilder is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of The National Slavery Museum.
	www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org /museum_founder.asp (205 words)

	Lawrence Douglas Wilder Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born 1931) was the first African American elected governor in the United States.
		Lawrence Douglas Wilder was born January 17, 1931, in Richmond, Virginia, the youngest of Robert and Beulah Wilder's ten children.
		Wilder was considered a liberal in a decidedly conservative legislature, but because the 1970 redistricting gave Wilder a predominantly African American district, he faced no opposition for re-election.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/lawrence-douglas-wilder (1476 words)

	Wilder Opinion
		Wilder was an attorney licensed and in good standing to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
		Wilder pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, to a Criminal Information charging him with unlawfully, intentionally and knowingly possessing a mixture and substance containing cocaine, a Schedule II narcotic controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. On August 23, 2000, Mr.
		Wilder's failure to comply with any one or more of the agreed terms and conditions will result in the imposition of the alternative sanction of a two year suspension.
	www.vsb.org /disciplinary_orders/wilder_opinion.html (878 words)

	CNN.com - Then & Now: Douglas Wilder - Feb 25, 2005
		Winning the four-year term as governor in 1990, Wilder not only stamped his name in history books, but he also reached a very personal milestone: Leading his native Virginia, a state where his grandparents had been enslaved, and where he had been barred from attending school because of the color of his skin.
		Wilder gained a reputation as a skillful trial lawyer, but in 1969 he focused his ambitions on politics, winning a seat in the state Senate.
		In 1985, Wilder was elected lieutenant governor of Virginia by a slim margin, and four years later, he won Virginia's gubernatorial contest.
	www.cnn.com /2005/US/02/21/cnn25.tan.wilder (885 words)

	UVA Center for Politics
		Born to Robert and Beulah Wilder on January 17, 1931, in Richmond, Virginia, Lawrence Douglas Wilder, grandson of slaves, was named after abolitionist-orator Frederick Douglass and poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
		In 1951, Wilder graduated from Virginia Union University in Richmond with a B.S. degree in chemistry, whereupon he served in the U.S. Army.
		But, on January 8, 1993, citing his responsibilities as Governor to be paramount, Wilder withdrew from the race to re-devote all of this attention and energies to the Commonwealth of Virginia.
	www.centerforpolitics.org /programs/govcon/wilder_bio.htm (902 words)

	NSU - Norfolk State University
		" The L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center’s mission is to educate, enlighten and entertain through the presentation of artistic events of excellence and diversity in the performing arts and thereby ensure the viability of art in all its forms".
		The L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center’s mission is to educate, enlighten and entertain through the presentation of artistic events of excellence and diversity in the performing arts and thereby ensure the viability of art in all its forms.
		Norfolk State University’s L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center, which is a first-class facility is aesthetically pleasing and functional, whereby creating versatility and elegance for a myriad of activities and multi-cultural events.
	www.nsu.edu /wilder (284 words)

	Welcome
		Wilder brings decades of political leadership to his new position, and his career is highlighted with many precedents.
		Wilder became the first African-American to be elected governor in the U.S., leading the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1990 to 1994.
		Wilder is a Distinguished Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, a newspaper columnist and the driving force for establishing a national Slavery Museum in Fredericksburg, VA.
	www.ci.richmond.va.us /citizen/city_gov/mayor/biography.aspx (581 words)

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		Lawrence Douglas Wilder was born to Robert and Beulah Wilder on January 17, 1931, in Richmond, Virginia.
		In 1951,Lawrence Douglas Wilder graduated from Virginia Union University with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, whereupon he served in the U. Army.
		After passing the bar, he established the law firm which came to be known as Wilder, Gregory and Associates — one of the few minority-owned businesses in Virginia — and went on to develop a reputation as a top criminal trial lawyer.
	www.vuu.edu /alumni/LDouglasWilder.htm (378 words)

	VUU Library Archives & Special Collections
		Wilder graduated from Virginia Union in 1951 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in chemistry.
		In 1951 Lawrence Douglas Wilder graduated from Virginia Union University with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry.
		At present, Governor Wilder serves as Mayor of the city of Richmond, Virginia in addition to lecturing on the national circuit and serving as a Distinguished Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University's Center for Public Policy and the Department of Political Science.
	www.vuu.edu /library/archives2.htm (1451 words)

	1992 Honorees - L. Douglas Wilder
		The Honorable Lawrence Douglas Wilder of Virginia is assured a prominent place in American history as the first African-American elected governor of a state.
		Governor Wilder's mission is embodied in his vision of how government should work to enable everyone to participate fully in the democratic process, and to forge past lessons and present realities into tools that ensure our future.
		Governor Wilder was elected to the state senate in 1969 and served there until 1985, when he was elected lieutenant governor in a campaign that brought him international recognition.
	www.dom.com /about/education/strong/1992/douglaswilder.jsp (232 words)

	Lawrence Douglas Wilder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		On January 13, 1990, a milestone was achieved when Virginia's 65th Governor, Lawrence Douglas Wilder, was sworn in as the first elected African-American governor in U.S. history.
		Wilder entered politics in 1969 as a state Senator in Virginia.
		After passing the bar, he established the law firm which came to be known as Wilder, Gregory and Associates -- one of the few minority-owned businesses in Virginia -- and went on to develop a reputation as a top criminal trial lawyer.
	www.2souls.com /calendar/January/lawrence_douglas_wilder.htm (492 words)

	Educating for a Diverse America
		Douglas Wilder, Former Governor of the Commonweath of Virginia
		Although Governor Wilder's victory was wafer-thin, it is no less remarkable that four out of five of his supporters were white in a state that once denied him admission to its law schools.
		A 20-year veteran of Virginia politics, Governor Wilder was the first African-American elected to the Virginia State Senate in modern times, and after his election as lieutenant governor in 1985, he had become the highest-ranking African-American state official in the nation.
	www.utexas.edu /president/diversity/wilder.html (530 words)

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