Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder shot back Wednesday at former Del. Joseph D. Morrissey in the pair’s ongoing legal dispute, accusing Morrissey of filing a lawsuit against him last month ...

RICHMOND, Nov. 1 -- -- Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder plans to announce his support for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Timothy M. Kaine on Wednesday, according to Paul Goldman, the mayor's ...

Douglas Wilder, the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state (Virginia) since Reconstruction, came out of retirement in 2005 to become the popularly elected mayor of Richmond.

Douglas Wilder, the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state (Virginia) since Reconstruction, came out of retirement in 2005 to become the popularly elected mayor of Richmond.

It's also called the "Wilder effect," referring to L. Douglas Wilder, who in 1989 became the first African-American elected governor since Reconstruction when he won the Virginia gubernatorial ...

Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder says that if he had endorsed state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds for governor in 2009, as President Barack Obama urged him to do, it would have helped weaken gun control laws ...

Doug Wilder On the C-SPAN Networks: Doug Wilder has 92 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1985 Call-In as a State Senator. The year with the most videos was 1991 with ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder's 93rd birthday will be marked by the premiere of a revealing and deeply personal documentary about his life this week.

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 ...

Former Gov. Doug Wilder, on the cusp of his 93rd birthday, is again at the center of attention - both for a national audience and aspiring gubernatorial candidates in Virginia.

The conversation inevitably turned to Mayor L. Douglas Wilder during the debate last week among candidates for the 68th District House of Delegates, a district that encompasses parts of Richmond […] ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Elections are about hearing the voices of the people - and that became literal Tuesday night at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at VCU. The Singleton ...