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This Day in Legal History: Wilder Elected First Black Governor
On January 13, 1990, Lawrence Douglas Wilder made history by becoming the first African American elected governor of a U.S. state, taking office as the 66th governor of Virginia. Sworn in by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., Wilder's inauguration symbolized a milestone in American political and civil rights history. His election represented the culmination of decades of progress in dismantling racial barriers, particularly poignant in Virginia, a state with a complex history as the capital of the Confederacy…
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