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Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction era, and the first African American ever elected as governor.
First African-American United States Senator from California: Kamala Harris (see also: 2004, 2010) First African-American elected lieutenant governor of New Jersey: Sheila Oliver [31] First African-American out trans woman to be elected to public office in the United States: Andrea Jenkins. 2018; First female African-American major-party ...
This is a list of minority governors and lieutenant state governors in the United States. In the United States, an ethnic minority is anyone who has at least one parent who is not of non-Hispanic white descent (such as African Americans , Asian Americans , Pacific Islands Americans , Hispanic and Latino Americans , or Native Americans ).
Some of these may not be considered "black" by modern US standards. Pages in category "African-American state governors of the United States" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
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Wes Moore 's inauguration as Maryland's first Black governor on Wednesday will be punctuated with references to Black history, including an acknowledgement of the slaves who once arrived by ship ...
And Tuesday marked the release of her first book, “Black Crossword: 100 Mini Puzzles Celebrating the African Diaspora.” It's a good moment for it, nearly 111 years after the first crossword ...
First African-American Democratic U.S. senator to represent a former Confederate state in the United States Senate: Raphael Warnock, elected in Georgia. [353] [354] [355] First African-American United States Secretary of Defense: Lloyd Austin [356] First full-time female African-American NFL coach: Jennifer King (Washington Commanders). [357]