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Gen. Douglas MacArthur had the "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder translated into Japanese to provide emotional support for struggling Japanese citizens postwar, and that the books proved very popular.
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Pickney Pinchback was the first black governor, in 1872, and that Douglas Wilder was the second black governor in 1990, 118 years after him.
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America didn't even elect a black governor until Virginia's L. Douglas Wilder in 1990.
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There have only been two black governors ever elected to office in the US (Douglas Wilder, Virginia, 1990-94; and Deval Patrick, Massachusetts, 2007-2015).
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Douglas Tomkins, co-founder of North Face, bought and conserved over 2 million acres of wilderness in Chile and Argentina, partly converting into 3 major National Parks
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There was the only one black governor (P.B.S. Pinchback) of any US state between Reconstruction until Douglas Wilder’s election in Virginia in 1989.
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Swedish millionaire Johan Eliasch is nothing compared to The North Face founder Douglas Tompkins who conserved over 2 million acres of wilderness
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Gen. Douglas MacArthur had the "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder translated into Japanese to provide emotional support for struggling Japanese citizens, and that the books proved very popular.
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The first black governor in the history of the US was Douglas Wilder elected to office in Virginia in 1990
