Former Virginia governors, from left, Tim Kaine, Jim Gilmore, George Allen, Doug Wilder, Mark Warner and Chuck Robb.
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Nation’s first elected black governor feted at gala
L. Douglas Wilder wore his million dollar smile as he entered the ballroom at the Downtown hotel where nearly 500 people had gathered to honor him.
L. Douglas Wilder’s legacy honored
He was a new voice for Virginia
In making history a quarter-century ago by becoming the nation’s first African-American elected governor, L. Douglas Wilder crossed a threshold that no African-American has followed in Virginia.
