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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNation's first elected Black governor accuses state library of racism ...
Nation's first elected Black governor accuses state library of racism for delay of gubernatorial papers.Former Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder (D), who was elected as the countrys first Black governor over 30 years ago, said that the Library of Virginia is discriminating against him by not making records from his term publicly available like they have for governors who have followed him.
Wilder, who took office in January 1990 and ended his term four years later, told The Richmond Times-Dispatch that he doesn't understand how later, white governors of the state have had their papers processed before him. Why isnt it racism? Wilder asked, adding that he decided to make the dispute public on Friday because I just thought the taxpayers of Virginia need to know this.
The neglect and obfuscation conveys the handling of his administrations gubernatorial papers to be current examples of racism and does not reflect well on the state of Virginia, Wilders assistant, Angelica Bega, told State Archivist Michael Strom in an email message Friday morning, according to the Times-Dispatch.
State Librarian Sandra Gioia Treadway on Friday admitted to the newspaper that Wilders records had fallen off the radar, unlike the complete records of the three white governors who succeeded him.
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Nation's first elected Black governor accuses state library of racism ... (Original Post)
left-of-center2012
Jul 2020
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mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)1. As long as the papers are not made public
the right can lie about him.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)2. Outrageous. Something this big and political almost certainly
was not the librarian's decision. Spite-full conservative leaders still fighting to hold back the tide of history, of course.
bermudat
(1,329 posts)3. First African American governor occurred during Reconstruction.
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback was an American publisher and politician, a Union Army officer, and the first African American to become governor of a U.S. state. A Republican, Pinchback served as the 24th Governor of Louisiana from December 9, 1872, to January 13, 1873.