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By Pamela Stallsmith L. The grandson of slaves, Wilder grew up in segregated Richmond. After graduating from Virginia Union University in with a degree in chemistry, he served in the Korean War, seeing action and earning a Bronze Star. He then pursued his law degree at Howard University and returned to his hometown to open a law practice.

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The Democrat started making political history with his election to the Virginia Senate in , becoming the first African-American to serve in the chamber since Reconstruction. Landmark victories followed — lieutenant governor in , governor in and, in , the first mayor of Richmond elected citywide in more than 50 years. You have to allow time and the settlement of the sentiment to see what has been collected and what the tea leaves read.

And I thought there was more of a story here to tell about Virginia and the nation rather than writing about every nuance in my life. Jamestown, where the nation was founded. Yorktown, where the British surrendered. Appomattox, where Lee laid down his arms and the nation was reunited.

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Richmond, where a new day was ushered in with my election as governor. If that was going to happen anywhere, it was going to happen in Virginia. What stick-to-it-ness attitude could mean relative to leadership. It means to step out and to lead, to effectuate a purpose, to have a goal, and to be dogged to the extent of not being deterred.

You denounced the song in your first speech on the floor of the Virginia Senate in , three weeks into your term. And the song was never played again after