In 1989- David Dinkins elected 1st Black mayor of New York City
In 1989- L. Douglas Wilder elected Governor of Virginia
In 2017- Justin Fairfax elected VA Lieut. Governor, becoming 2nd African American to win statewide seat
In 2017- New Jersey elected Sheila Oliver as its first female African-American lieutenant governor
To Inspire You
The challenge of the 21st century is not to demand equal opportunity in the machinery of oppression, but rather to identify and dismantle those structures in which racism continues to be embedded