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To: longnshort who wrote (220665)	9/21/2007 10:05:25 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793990

America elects its first Black governor! *On this date in 1989, Virginia became the first state in America to elect a Black man as its governor. Lawrence Douglas Wilder a Richmond native ran the state from 1990 to 1994; state law limits each governor's service to one four year term. Wilder, a graduate of Virginia Union and Howard University also was the first Black elected to the Virginia senate in 1969. aaregistry.com