Follow theGrio on MSN for more exclusive content. If he wins, he’d be the first African American governor in the state of New ...
Gilchrist would also be the state's first Black governor and only the fourth elected African American governor in U.S. history. He, like Benson, lives in Detroit — the state's largest city and a ...
Elected Governor of Mississippi in 1903 ... While Delta planters like LeRoy Percy were busy working to attract and keep African American laborers in Mississippi, their efforts were out of ...
Patrick, the only African-American governor in the United States, ran a campaign he described as grassroots. The intent, he said, was to connect with people on a personal level. (Patrick talks ...
If he wins, he’d be the first African American governor in the state of New Jersey and only the second Black governor currently in office, next to Gov. Wes Moore in Maryland. Only six Black ...