RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Former Governor L. Douglas Wilder has some harsh word for city leaders and politicians who are spending your money. In an exclusive interview with 8News Senior Reporter Nate ...

Earlier this year, I issued a call for the commonwealth to confront and reassess its disproportionate support of its historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). I wrote a letter to the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — If you lived in Richmond in 2005, chances are you recall when the nation’s first Black elected governor, Douglas Wilder, became the city’s first popularly elected mayor in 60 years.

Douglas Wilder of Richmond narrowly beat Marshal Coleman to become not only the first Black governor of Virginia, but also the first Black governor in the United States. Two years later, he was a ...

VIRGINIA, USA — For the first time in Virginia's history, a Black lawmaker will become House of Delegates speaker, and that's not the only history being made by leaders of color in the General ...

Former Gov. Douglas Wilder knew he was “a son of Virginia” because his mother told him so. The phrase that still resonates from his inauguration 25 years ago next month as the nation’s first elected ...

Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder knew he was “a son of Virginia” because his mother told him so. The phrase that still resonates from his inaugural address 25 years ago next month as the nation’s first ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- L. Douglas Wilder has been a powerful force here in Virginia and Nationwide as the first African American governor to hold the position in the United States. Governor L. Douglas ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Urban League of Hampton Roads hosted its 40th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Breakfast at the Virginia ...

L. Douglas Wilder, the nation’s first elected black governor, told C-SPAN in an interview Thursday that improving education is more important than spending tax dollars on taking down Confederate ...

Douglas Wilder made history himself, when he became the first African-American elected governor of Virginia, and in post-reconstruction America. In 1992, Wilder ran for the Democratic presidential ...