On #ThisDayInHistory, in things you probably thought happened sooner, but didn't...
1966: #RobertCWeaver became the first Black Cabinet member, a Secretary of Housing & Urban Development;
1990: #DouglasWilder became the first elected Black governor, for the state of #Virginia.

#OTD #TDIH #January13, 1990: #DouglasWilder becomes #FirstAfricanAmerican elected #governor of a US state (#Virginia). #AfricanAmericanHistory #AfricanAmericanHeritage #BlackPeople #Blacks #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #Virginia #GovernorsOfVirginia #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas...

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

youtu.be/jBX1DnUpfh4
Douglas Wilder, grandson of enslaved Virginians, rose from segregated Richmond to become America’s first Black governor in 1989. Wilder’s life reminds us that African American history is inseparable from America’s story.
#DouglasWilder #BlackHistoryMatters

On this day of history, in 1990, Douglas Wilder of Virginia was inaugurated as the first elected African American governor in U.S. history, marking a historic milestone in American politics.
#onthisdayofhistory #history #ucla #government #politics #Virginia #governor #UnitedStates #DouglasWilder

#OTD #TDIH #January13, 1990: #DouglasWilder becomes #FirstAfricanAmerican elected #governor of a US state (#Virginia). #AfricanAmericanHistory #AfricanAmericanHeritage #BlackPeople #Blacks #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #Virginia #GovernorsOfVirginia
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