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Virginia
     Virginia was the tenth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, Virginia seceded from the Union on May 23, 1861. After decades of racism, including resistance to the Brown v. Board of Education decision when first announced, Virginia became the first state to elect a black Governor in 1989 with the election of L. Douglas Wilder.
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