UVA: L. Douglas Wilder Wins Center for Politics' Award for Defending Democracy
September 30, 2023
September 30, 2023
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Sept. 30 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release:
The University of Virginia's Center for Politics presented former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, whose political career spanned four decades, with its annual Defender of Democracy Award for taking "positive actions to improve or strengthen democracy."
In 1989, Wilder, a Democrat, won election as the nation's first Black gubernatorial candidate to pr . . .
The University of Virginia's Center for Politics presented former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, whose political career spanned four decades, with its annual Defender of Democracy Award for taking "positive actions to improve or strengthen democracy."
In 1989, Wilder, a Democrat, won election as the nation's first Black gubernatorial candidate to pr . . .