Son of Virginia: A Life in America's Political Arena
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History: United States › US History & Politics
ISBN: 1493033700 / Publisher: Lyons Press, August 2018
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<span style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span>The autobiography of Lawrence Douglas Wilder, a grandson of slaves, who was sworn in as Governor of Virginia in a January 1990 ceremony that changed the political face of the United States. In Virginia, long ago the centerpiece of the Confederacy, Wilder became the first African American to assume a governorship by virtue of winning a popular vote.</span></span><br><span></span>
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