Complex sentence: Wallace's final term as governor (1983--1987) saw a record number of black appointments to state positions, including, for the first time, two black members in the same cabinet, a number that has been equaled but never surpassed.
Split into simpler sentences: Wallace's final term as governor (1983--1987) saw a record number of black appointments to state positions. In his fourth term, Wallace became the first governor to appoint two black members in the same cabinet, a number that has been equaled but never surpassed.