Virginia's native son
the election and administration of Governor L. Douglas Wilder
by J. L. Jeffries
"This study focuses on black electoral politics, political leadership, and the political dynamics of anti-black racism through an examination of L. Douglas Wilder's election to the governorship of Virginia in 1989.".
"With Wilder's election, he became the first African American elected to state governorship in U.S. history. In many ways the Wilder candidacy is a microcosm of the entire American political and social reality. The fact that a southern state party organization that had historically concerned itself with keeping blacks out of political life would nominate a grandson of slaves to represent its party in the 1989 governor's election speaks volumes."--BOOK JACKET.
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African American governors, Election, Governors, History, Politics and government, Race relations, Governors, united states, Virginia, politics and government, Virginia, biographyPeople
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Virginia's native son: the election and administration of Governor L. Douglas Wilder
2000, Purdue University Press
in English
1557532001 9781557532008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-140) and index.
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