Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born 1931) was the first African American elected governor in the United States. He rose from waiting tables in the segregated country clubs of the Jim Crow South to become a ...
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Deval Laurdine Patrick was sworn in Thursday as the 71st governor of Massachusetts, the culmination of a longshot political campaign that also saw him become the state's first black chief executive...
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The city's slavery memorial debuted beneath flags from Virginia and Africa in a tearful ceremony Friday, another step in the state's recent effort in acknowledging history to soothe slavery's hurt....
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With his hand on a Bible once owned by John Quincy Adams, Deval Patrick was sworn in Thursday as Massachusetts' 71st governor and only the second black elected governor in U.S. history.The ceremony...
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Beneath an oak tree on the campus of what is now Hampton University, historians say, Virginia blacks heard a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation and began to dream of a better life.On Saturday...
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Beneath an oak tree on the campus of what is now Hampton University, historians say, Virginia blacks heard a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation and began to dream of a better life.On Saturday...
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Meeting on the grounds of the former Confederate Capitol, the Virginia General Assembly voted unanimously Saturday to express "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery.Sponsors of the resol...
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Meeting on the grounds of the former Confederate Capitol, the Virginia General Assembly voted unanimously Saturday to express "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery.Sponsors of the resol...
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Nov 1 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on November 8 since 1900: 1917 - The Council (Soviet) of People's Commissars became
Russia's new government, with Vladimir...
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When an 80-year-old white Virginia legislator recently came out against a resolution apologizing for slavery because blacks, he said, should "get over it," he ignited a storm of protests from black...
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Today is Saturday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 2007. There are 352 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 13, 1794, President Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two...
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Lawrence Douglas Wilder
Nation's 2nd black governor sworn in
