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Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder talks about conditions in Richmond during his childhood during Monday’s symposium on race and American society at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder talks about conditions in Richmond during his childhood during Monday’s symposium on race and American society at Virginia Commonwealth University.

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Problems of the 1960s still plague black community

The problems driving dissatisfaction among African-Americans in the 1960s — discriminatory police practices, unemployment, unequal pay, poverty and more — continue to plague many people in the African-American community today.