i, lawrence douglas wilder, do solemnly swear, that i will support the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia, and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge all of the duties inincome bunt e bent on me as governor of virginia, according to the best of my ability. so help me god. congratulations. >> thank you. >> how did you now want wanted to get into politics ii didn't because i didn't want to go around smiling and begging for votes and asking for money, and i thought, politics was what i would call a representative of people but i ran my mouth all the time from day one. as a kid. and i argued so much about things and people said, why don't you run. they didn't mean really to run. they mean run away from them. just get running your mouth, and i just felt that people, particularly those that i had come to know that were part of my ilk or my being, they didn't have representation to the extent they needed, and in lincoln's words were of any meaning of the people, for the people, by the people, why weren't we there? and so to that ext

we will talk with former virginia governor douglas wilder , now a professor at virginia commonwealth university. he was the first african-american to be elected governor of the commonwealth. ground.p an ear to the people are always ahead of politicians. politicians here what they want to hear, people hear what they have to here. announcer: we will also visit the edgar allan ho museum -- oe museum.n p >> if it were not for richmond, pope would not have the chance to experiment and find his literary voice. richmond'sexplore history from the american revolution, the civil war, and today. and then we will visit the home of maggie walker, a leader of richmond's african-american community at the turn of the 20th century. she became the first female ceo of a bank in the united states. >> her goal was to help women of the organization, and when black women in the entire immunity -- and black women in the entire community. that's what the strength came to the. walkerat platform, mrs. goes on not just to have an effect in richmond, but toward civil rights and equal opportunities for black wome

and i am remembering that we had in this chamber a lieutenant governor i the name of lawrence douglas wilder who, as lieutenant governor's -- presided over the senate and ran's successfully for the governorship of the commonwealth of virginia. and then he was sworn in as the first elected african-american governor of the state. >> i do solemnly swear -- >> that i will support the constitution of the united states -- >> that i will support the constitution of the united states -- >> and because edition of the, what the virginia -- >> and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia -- >> and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge all of the duties incumbent upon me as the governor of virginia according to the best of my ability. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. mr. greenough: when he took the oath and made an inaugural speech, it was made known to everyone he was a descendent of slaves who lived in virginia during the 19th century. you have this interesting evolution within his own family from people living in slavery to assuming the chair of the govern

i am remembering that we had in this chamber a lieutenant governor by the name of lawrence douglas wilder who as lieutenant governor presided over the ,enate and then ran for successfully, the governorship of the commonwealth of virginia. in 1990, outside of the grounds of capital square, he was sworn in as the first elected african-american governor of the state in our nation. >> i solemnly swear that i will support the constitution of the united states. >> i will support the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia and i will faithfully and impartially discharge all the asies incumbent upon me governor of virginia. according to the best of my ability. so help me, god. mark: when he took his oath of office and made an inaugural speech, it was known to everyone that he had been a descendent of slaves who had lived in virginia in the 19th century, so here you had this interesting evolution within his own family from people living in slavery to people assuming the chair of the governor of the commonwealth of virginia. capital is astate symbol of

on book tv, we talk with former virginia governor douglas wilder, but now a professor at virginia and commonwealth university. -- virginia, with university. virginia commonwealth university. >> people hear what they have to hear. >> we also visit the edgar allan poe museum, who was a richmond native. >> if they had not been for richmond, poe would not have had that chance to experiment when he was in his early 20's and find his literary voice. 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, explore richmond's history. then, we visit the home of maggie walker, a leader in richmond's african-american history. she became the first female ceo of a bank in the united states. >> mrs. walker's goal was to primarily help women of the organization. black women in the entire community. that is what the state -- that is what the strength of the organization came to be. ofking with the organization st. luke's, mrs. walker goes on to not just have an effect in richmond, but towards civil rights and equal opportunity for black women across the united states. tour of c-span's cities richmond, virginia. wo

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saturday at the okay eastern on book tv we will talk with douglas wilder author of so of virginia, the life in the political arena now a professor at common wealth university he was the first african-american to be elected governor of the common wealth. >> and i keep an ear to the ground. people are always, politicians, always politicians hear what they want to hear. people hear what they have to hear. >> we will also visit the edgar allen poe museum. the museum houses the largest collection of mr. po's artifacts and memorabilia. >> if it wasn't for richmond po wouldn't have had a lot of his best work and had the chance it experiment in his early 20s and find his literary voice. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv explore richmond's history from the american revolution, the civil war and today. and then we will visit the home of maggie walker, heard in richmond's african-american at the turn of the sent prip she became the first female co eo after bank in the united states. >> mrs. walker's goal was to primarily help women of the organization and black women in the

we'll talk with former virginia governor douglas wilder, author of "son of virginia: a life in america's political arena." now a professor at virginia commonwealth university, he was the first african-american to be elected governor of the commonwealth. >> and i keep an ear to the ground. people are always ahead of politicians. always. politicians hear what they want to hear. people hear what they have to hear. >> reporter: we'll also visit the edgar allen poe museum. the poet was a richmond native and the museum houses the largest collection of mr. poe's art akts, manuscripts and memorabilia. >> if it hadn't been for richmond, poe wouldn't have produced a lot of his best work and wouldn't have had that chance to experiment when he was in his earl qi 20s and find his literary voice. >> reporter: on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv explore richmond's history. from the american revolution, the civil war, and today. and then we'll visit the home of maggie walker, a leader in richmond's african-american community at the turn of the 20th century. she became the first female

we'll talk with former virginia governor douglas wilder, author of "son of virginia, the life in america's political arena." now a professor, he was the first african-american to be elected governor of the commonwealth. >> and i keep an ear to the ground. people are always ahead of politicians. always. politicians hear what they want to hear. people hear what they have to hear. >> we'll visit the edgar allan poe museum. it has the largest collection of his artifacts and memorabilia. >> if not for richmond, poe wouldn't have had the chance to experiment when he was in his early 20s and find his literary voice. >> on sunday on american his tore tv, explore richmond's history from the american revolution, the civil war and today. then we'll visit the home of maggie walker a leader in the african-american community at the turn of the 20th century. she became the first female ceo. >> i am -- black women in the entire community, that's what the strength of the st. luke became to be. and from that platform working with the independent organization of st. luke, mrs. walker goes on not to have only