Son of Virginia : A Life in America's Political Arena.
Wilder, L. Douglas.
Son of Virginia : A Life in America's Political Arena. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (241 pages)
Intro -- CHAPTER ONE Carry Me Back -- CHAPTER TWO Sergeant Wilder -- CHAPTER THREE The Home Trenches -- CHAPTER FOUR Political Muscle -- CHAPTER FIVE Re-Digging the Well -- CHAPTER SIX Virginia Is Ready -- CHAPTER SEVEN In the Saddle -- CHAPTER EIGHT The Race Goes On -- CHAPTER NINE Reclaiming the Devil's Half Acre -- CHAPTER TEN Ringing the Bell -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author.
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.
9781493019526
Wilder, Lawrence Douglas,-1931-.
African American politicians-Virginia-Biography.
Electronic books.
F231.3.W55 -- .W553 2015eb
975.5/043092 B
Son of Virginia : A Life in America's Political Arena. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (241 pages)
Intro -- CHAPTER ONE Carry Me Back -- CHAPTER TWO Sergeant Wilder -- CHAPTER THREE The Home Trenches -- CHAPTER FOUR Political Muscle -- CHAPTER FIVE Re-Digging the Well -- CHAPTER SIX Virginia Is Ready -- CHAPTER SEVEN In the Saddle -- CHAPTER EIGHT The Race Goes On -- CHAPTER NINE Reclaiming the Devil's Half Acre -- CHAPTER TEN Ringing the Bell -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author.
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.
9781493019526
Wilder, Lawrence Douglas,-1931-.
African American politicians-Virginia-Biography.
Electronic books.
F231.3.W55 -- .W553 2015eb
975.5/043092 B