https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwwqLOyl-Xw
Richard Hatcher – Carl Stokes – First of the Black Mayors
In the United States, the election of Black mayors of major American cities began in 1967 as the Civil Rights Movement was transitioning to the Black Power Movement. The election of Richard Hatcher as Mayor of Gary, Indiana, in 1967 signaled a turning point in black politics. When Hatcher became recognized as the first elected Black mayor of a U.S. metropolitan city, he helped to ignite a debate about whether electoral politics should become a primary tactic of achieving Black Power or an end unto itself. In the years since many of the major American cities have elected African American mayors. Even though Hatcher is celebrated as the first of the Black mayors, it should also be noted that Carl B. Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland Ohio also in November 1967. And, technically speaking, these were not the first of America’s Black mayors. African American mayors were also elected in Southern states exactly one hundred years prior. Those black mayors were elected during the Reconstruction period.
Eyes on the Prize – 09 – Power! 1967-1968
Power! (1966-68) The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in black America. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes wins election as the first black…
Black Mayor in the US, 1960’s – Film 4262
First elected Black Mayor of a city of more than 100000 people in the U.S.A. gives speech to rapturous crowds. Gary, Indiana, Richard D. Hatcher First Black…
Repost: Black Power and the Pyrrhic Victory | The Corner …
http://cornersideyard.blogspot.com/
Cities that elected “first black mayors” after the Black Power Era, during a period of relative calm, were able to adapt as the political skill set grew in the African-American community. However, the … Cleveland was the first with the selection of Carl Stokes as mayor in 1967. Gary, Indiana followed suit the same year with the election of Richard Hatcher, and the federal government appointed Walter Washington to become Washington, DC’s first black mayor as well. Later …
List of first African-American mayors – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_African-American_mayors
First African-American mayor of Maryville, Tennessee: W. B. Scott … First African American elected mayor of a large U.S. city: Carl Stokes … First African American appointed mayor of Washington, D.C.: Walter Washington (see also: 1975) … African American elected mayor of a major Southern city: Maynard Jackson, Atlanta, …
Americans of African Ancestry – International World History Project
http://history-world.org/black_americans.htm
Blacks were also concentrated in the largest cities, with more than 1 million ( based … American blacks are largely the descendants of slaves–people who were brought ….. Tom Bradley in Los Angeles, Coleman A. Young in Detroit, and Maynard … mayor of the largest city in the United States in 1989 when David N. Dinkins …
Black History | Jeopardy TriviaJeopardy Trivia
http://www.jeopardytrivia.com/%3Fportfolio%3Dblack-history
Black history, black firsts, black history trivia. … Black History. separator. First Black … Singer at the Metropolitan Opera Marian Anderson; Miss America Vanessa Williams … Mayor of New York City David Dinkins; Mayor of Los Angeles Tom Bradley … of Washington, D.C Sharon Pratt Kelly; Mayor of Atlanta Maynard Jackson …
Encyclopedia of African American history, 1896 to the present : from …
http://www.worldcat.org/title/encyclopedia-of-african-american-history-1896-to-the-present-from-the-age-of-segregation-to-the-twenty-first-century/oclc/239240886
Get this from a library! Encyclopedia of African American history, 1896 to the present : from the age of segregation to the twenty-first century. [Paul Finkelman …
Up From Slavery: an autobiography
Booker T. Washington, published 1907, 330 pages
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895: From the Colonial …
unknown, published 2006, 1560 pages
The Harlem Renaissance: A History and an Anthology
unknown, published 2003, 240 pages
From Slavery: America’s First Black Mayors | The Michigan Chronicle
http://michronicleonline.com/2012/12/05/from-slavery-americas-first-black-mayors/
Dec 5, 2012 … Young served five terms and he was Detroit’s first African-American … Soon, Black mayors would be elected all across the country, including Maynard Jackson of Atlanta, Georgia in 1973, Tom Bradley of Los … Thank you, Mayor Coleman A. Young. …. Outside Sales – Los Angeles County – Industrial Sales.
Black mayors are enthusiastic, but face special problems – Christian …
http://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0823/082344.html
Aug 23, 1982 … Gary, Ind. — Most black mayors never dreamed of holding that office. Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young tells of the way he felt as he drove … of black mayors have grown to include Tom Bradley of Los Angeles, who seeks to be the nation’s first elected black governor in California; Coleman Young of Detroit, the …
The Election of Black Mayors, 1969 and 1973 – University of …
http://www.colorado.edu/IBS/PEC/johno/pub/old_pubs/O%27Loughlin-Berg%25201977%2520Annals.pdf
Oct 27, 2004 … The failure of black mayoral candidates in Detroit and Los Angeles …. Detroit Coleman Young (Black) 51.59. John Nichols (White) 48 .41. Los Angeles Thomas Bradley (Black) 56.34. Samuel Yorty (White) 43 .66. Atlanta Maynard Jackson (Black) 59.23 …. first two factors operated in Cleveland (1967),.
For Democrats, ‘big-city mayors’ are back | theGrio
Nov 7, 2013 … Lonnie Green, left, talks with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed as he campaigns … as did legendary African-American mayors like Maynard Jackson (and … in Detroit, Harold Washington in Chicago, Tom Bradley in Los Angeles, John … having much of a chance against the former first lady and secretary of state.
Major African American Office Holders Since 1641 | The Black Past …
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/major-african-american-office-holders
First Person of African Ancestry Elected to a Public Office in British North … First African American Woman Elected to a State Legislature: …. MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS: Big City Mayors – First Black Elected Mayors in … Thomas Bradley, Los Angeles, 1973-1993 … Maynard Jackson, Atlanta, Georgia, 1973-1982, 1990 -1994
People & Politics in America’s Big Cities – This is Webserver for …
http://mumford.albany.edu/census/2003newspdf/People%2520%26%2520Politics%2520report.pdf
contentious and ultimately self-defeating model of Detroit in the 1970s? This is a ….. Coleman Young 1973. Newark, NJ … of Tom Bradley as Los Angeles‘ first black mayor in. 1973 …. central cities, just as blacks did in Atlanta and Detroit.
Mayoral Leadership in One Universe of American Urban Politics …
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00642.x/full
Article first published online: 7 SEP 2006 … failure to broaden support and forge a more enduring majority black–Latino coalition (136–37). He classifies Bradley as part of a group of “deracialized mayors” who … Coleman Young (Detroit), Maynard Jackson (Atlanta), and Walter … Kingley, G. Thomas, and Kathryn L. S. Pettit.
Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1973
http://www.ourgeorgiahistory.com/year/1973
October 16, 1973, Maynard Jackson becomes the first African-American Mayor of Atlanta. Thomas Bradley (Los Angeles) and Coleman Young (Detroit) were …
State of the Debate: The Rise and Fall of Racialized Liberalism
http://prospect.org/article/state-debate-rise-and-fall-racialized-liberalism
Dec 7, 2001 … On the left, confrontations and black-power rhetoric became … in heavily Democratic New York and Los Angeles, the nation’s greatest cities, moderate … Over the past 30 years, they charge, white urbanites have voted first with their … ( when Sam Yorty was mayor) and 1992 (when Tom Bradley was mayor).
Black Elected Officials, 2000 – NorthStarNews.com
http://www.northstarnews.com/userimages/references/Black%2520Elected%2520Officials.2000_Joint%2520Center%2520for%2520Political%2520Studies.pdf
The first edition of Black Elected Officials: A National Roster was published … positions: then city councilman Tom Bradley (later mayor of Los Angeles), … representative Ernest Morial (New Orleans), and then state senator Coleman … representative in 1970, and former Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson was then vice-mayor.
African American Political Leaders – Docstoc
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/135979118/African-American-Political-Leaders
Nevertheless, becoming the first elected African-American the New Deal’s promise was … Tom Bradley in Los Angeles; May- the Congressional Black Caucus, a forum … work Orleans; Coleman Young in Detroit; Kenneth together for their common goals. … In 1977 Andy Young was named U.S. Conference of Black Mayors.
Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History, 1513-2008
Henry Louis Gates, published 2011, 487 pages
Mayor for Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry, Jr.
Marion Barry, published 2014, 336 pages
African Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook
unknown, published 2003, 400 pages
The Black Experience in America: From Civil Rights to the Present
unknown, published 2010, 230 pages
Double Trouble : Black Mayors, Black Communities, and the Call for a Deep …
J. Phillip Thompson III Associate Professor of Urban Politics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, published 2005, 360 pages
Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of …
Gary May, published 2013, 336 pages
Changing White Attitudes toward Black Political Leadership
Zoltan L. Hajnal, published 2006, 0 pages
Black Saga: The African American Experience
Charles Melvin Christian, published 1995, 608 pages
March toward freedom: a history of Black Americans
James A. Banks, Cherry A. Banks, published 1974, 186 pages
The New black politics: the search for political power
unknown, published 1987, 293 pages
The seventies in America
unknown, published 2006, 1107 pages
The New Black vote: politics and power in four American cities
unknown, published 1984, 381 pages
Maynard H. Jackson Jr., First Black Mayor of Atlanta and a Political …
Jun 24, 2003 … Maynard H. Jackson Jr., who as this city’s first black mayor embodied … year that Tom Bradley and Coleman Young won the mayoralties of Los …
Maynard H. Jackson becomes the first black Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
first black mayor of Atlanta – Black Enterprise
http://www.blackenterprise.com/tag/first-black-mayor-of-atlanta/
In 1973 Maynard Jackson emerged on the scene when he was elected the firstblack mayor. First black mayor of Atlanta. As Atlanta’s first black mayor, he helped develop a bevy of B.E.100s companies and created more black millionaires that any other public figure. Follow us on. The Ultimate Champion for Black Business.
Race Matters – Maynard H. Jackson Jr., First Black Mayor of …
http://www.racematters.org/maynardjacksonjr.htm
Maynard H. Jackson Jr., First Black Mayor of … the same year that Tom Bradley and Coleman Young won the mayoralties of Los Angeles and … Los Angeles, Memphis, New …Next post Black Mayors In The U.S., Part 1 – The Old School
http://uppitynegronetwork.com/
The other day, me and one of my Twitter followers had a rather in-depth conversation surrounding black mayors past and present in the United States and how their cities have faired over the years. … feel that although now current Mayor Kasim Reed connected to the black constituents of lower economic status that he’s still just more of the same Atlanta political machine–with Jackson running Atlanta from the grave. Tom Bradley. Tom Bradley, D-Los Angeles (1973).
HAROLD WASHINGTON THE LIFE AND TIMES PART 1/6
Harold Washington was a Lawyer, State Senator, Congressman, And the first black Mayor of Chicago.
Harold Washington – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Washington
Harold Lee Washington (April 15, 1922 – November 25, 1987) was an American lawyer, politician and elected in 1983 as the 51st Mayor of Chicago. He was the …
Harold Washington – Biography – Mayor, U.S. Representative …
http://www.biography.com/people/harold-washington-9524806
Harold Washington became the first African-American mayor of Chicago in 1983. Learn more his life and career at Biography.com.
MAYOR HAROLD WASHINGTON-PART-2
THIS IS AN INTERVIEW WITH CHICAGO’S FIRST ELECTED BLACK AMERICAN MAYOR. THIS INTERVIEW WAS DONE AT CHANNEL-44, FOR ITS’ “DIMENSIONS” TELEVISION PROGRAM. THE …
Harold | This American Life
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/84/harold
A parable of politics and race in America. The story of Chicago’s first black mayor, Harold Washington, told two decades after his death. Washington died on …
Harold Washington — Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/636441/Harold-Washington
Harold Washington, (born April 15, 1922, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died Nov. 25, 1987, Chicago), American politician who gained national prominence as the first …
Mayor Harold Washington: Home
http://mayorharoldwashington.com/
Mayor Harold Washington “A Legacy Celebrated” at the Harold Washington Cultural Center. IMG_8699. IMG_8701. IMG_8709. IMG_8711. IMG_8746.
Harold!: Photographs from the Harold Washington Years
unknown, published 2007, 212 pages
Harold Washington: Political Pioneer
Carole Marsh, published 2002, 12 pages
Harold Washington for Mayor (Political Ad, 1983)
Here’s a political ad for Harold Washington, who went on to win the election and become Chicago’s first African-American mayor. Paid by Committee to Elect Ha…
Harold Washington and the Crisis of Black Power in Chicago: Mass Protest
Abdul Alkalimat, Doug Gills, published 1989, 166 pages
HAROLD WASHINGTON THE LIFE AND TIMES PART 3/6
Harold Washington was a Lawyer, State Senator, Congressman, And the first black Mayor of Chicago.
Harold Washington: The Mayor, the Man
Alton Miller, published 1989, 368 pages
African-American Political Leaders
Charles W. Carey, published 2004, 337 pages
Engines of the Black Power Movement: Essays on the Influence of Civil Rights …
unknown, published 2006, 296 pages
Harold Washington Remembered
ASA produced this Video Installation for the Chicago History Museum’s “Harold Washington Remembered” Exhibit. Washington was Chicago’s first black mayor and …
In The Loop 109 — Chicago’s First Black Mayor
30-years ago Harold Washington stunned the Cook County Democratic Machine and became Chicago’s first black mayor.
Red, White, and Black – The Washington Monthly
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/
While many of these so-called “first black” politicians, like Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes and California Congressman Ron Dellums, made conciliatory overtures to their nonblack constituents, issues of race defined their candidacies and their tenures in office. Socialized … Through the early 1980s, the first-black mayors of large cities usually won less than a quarter of the white vote in their initial elections. Once in ….. By Carl Chancellor and Richard D. Kahlenberg 11/07/2014. How Our …
The New Republic on Mayoral Election 1993 | New Republic
http://www.newrepublic.com/?q=
The popular Lanier–the first candidate in twenty years to be elected mayor with virtually no support from the 25 percent of the city’s electorate that is black—is a shoo-in this fall for another two-year term. … The new mayors depart, respectfully but firmly, from the politics of such trailblazing black mayors as Gary, Indiana’s Richard Hatcher, Cleveland’s Carl Stokes, Atlanta’s Maynard Jackson, Detroit’s Coleman Young, New Orleans’s Ernest “Dutch” Morial, Chicago’s …
Black Mayors – Article – Southern Changes Digital Archive – Emory …
http://beck.library.emory.edu/southernchanges/article.php%3Fid%3Dsc24-3-4_021
Over the next thirty years, voters, elected African-American mayors in more than 300 … David Dinkins in New York, Tom Bradley in Los Angeles, Marion Barry in the District of Columbia, Coleman Young in Detroit, and Maynard Jackson and … Over the thirty-five years since the election of the first African-American mayors, …
Maynard Jackson Jr., 65 – Chicago Tribune
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-06-24/news/0306240283_1_atlanta-city-hall-mr-jackson-atlanta-airport
Jun 24, 2003 … Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr., a three-term mayor of Atlanta and one of its … old and was elected in 1973 the first black mayor of a major Southern city. … Los Angeles‘ Tom Bradley and Detroit’s Coleman Young also broke …
Kenneth A. Gibson – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_A._Gibson
Kenneth Allen Gibson (born May 15, 1932, in Enterprise, Alabama) is an American Democratic Party politician, who was elected in 1970 as the 34th Mayor of Newark, New …
USA. Newark, NY. Kenneth GIBSON, first black mayor
http://www.magnumphotos.com/Catalogue/Richard-Kalvar/1977/USA-Newark-NY–Kenneth-GIBSON-first-black-mayor-NN144285.html
The mayor in his office. Kenneth GIBSON, first black mayor.
Former Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson Endorses Ras Baraka
Former Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson Endorses Ras Baraka for Mayor in 2014.
Ken Gibson Political Ad (1986)
Political advertisement for former Newark, NJ mayor Kenneth Gibson – 1986. He would go on to lose to the controversial Sharpe James.
The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America
Andra Gillespie, published 2012, 325 pages
Amiri Baraka: The Politics and Art of a Black Intellectual
Jerry Gafio Watts, published 2001, 577 pages
African-American Political Leaders
Charles W. Carey, published 2004, 337 pages
USA. Newark, NY. Kenneth GIBSON, first black mayor
http://www.magnumphotos.com/Catalogue/Richard-Kalvar/1977/USA-Newark-NY–Kenneth-GIBSON-first-black-mayor-NN144285.html
The mayor in his office. Kenneth GIBSON, first black mayor.
Coleman Young – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_Young
It was common for Young‘s opponents to blame him for these developments, but Young‘s defenders responded that other factors such as white resistance to court ordered desegregation, deteriorating housing stock, aging industrial plants and a declining automotive industry leading to a loss of economic opportunities inside…
Coleman Young, Revisited – The Detroit Blog – TIME.com
http://detroit.blogs.time.com/2009/12/02/coleman-young-revisited/
A single line of Young‘s inaugural address would come to define much of his tenure: “I issue this warning to all those pushers, to all rip-off artists, to all muggers. It’s time to leave Detroit. hit Eight Mile Road.” Many here still interpret it as the statement that drove whites, and much of this region’s wealth, out…
Mayor Coleman Young ABC Primetime Live Interview with Local reaction with Bill Bonds
Former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young is interviewed by ABC Primetime live reporters and we have local coverage of leaders ,media personalities in the area givi…
1989 Coleman Young for Mayor Commercials Detroit
Featured here are a pair of Coleman A. Young commericals during his fourth (and final) term as Mayor of Detroit. Young won re-election in November 1989 and h…
Jim Crow South, 1967 Detroit “Riot”, Coleman Young and Unions (2/2)
Conversation I had with my uncle, Frank VanSchyndel, about some of his experiences as a radical in the 1960s. He was a members of the Socialists Workers Part…
WXYZ-TV Archive: Detroit Mayor Coleman Young on Nelson Mandela’s 1990 visit
Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young speaks on Nelson Mandela during his visit to the city in 1990. Video from the archives of WXYZ-TV Channel 7.
Carl Stokes on Aiding Cleveland’s African-Americans — History.com Audio
http://www.history.com/speeches/carl-stokes-on-his-efforts-to-aid-the-citys-african-americans
The History Channel. Carl Stokes on Aiding Cleveland’s African-Americans and related media. Carl Stokes on Aiding Cleveland’s African-Americans. After becoming the first African-American mayor of a major city when he was elected in 1967, Carl Stokes talks about his hopes for Cleveland’s citizens in an interview.
Carl B Stokes – A Black Suite
In 1967 Carl B. Stokes was the first elected black mayor of an American city, Cleveland, Ohio. The first side of this album features a highly political press…
Richard G. Hatcher
city larger than 100,000 people and the first in the state of Indiana. Carl Stokes was elected days later as the mayor of Cleveland, and was sworn into
Carl Stokes – Biography – News Anchor, Lawyer, Mayor – Biography …
http://www.biography.com/people/carl-stokes-37578
Learn how lawyer Carl Stokes became the first African American elected to mayor in a major U.S. city on Biography.com. He served in Cleveland, Ohio from …
Carl Stokes — Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/566978/Carl-Stokes
Carl Stokes, in full Carl Burton Stokes (born June 21, 1927, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. —died April 3, 1996, Cleveland), American lawyer and politician, who became …
Stokes, Carl B. (1927-1996) | The Black Past: Remembered and …
Carl B. Stokes, lawyer, anchorman, U.S. diplomat and the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city, was born on June 21, 1927 to Charles and Louise …
Carl B. Stokes Facts – Biography – YourDictionary
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/carl-b-stokes
Carl B. Stokes (1927-1996), mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, was the first elected black mayor of a major American city. Born of a poor black family in Cleveland on …
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: STOKES, CARL B.
http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl%3Fid%3DSCB2
Apr 3, 1996 … He was born in Cleveland to Charles Stokes, a laundry worker who died when Carl was two years old, and Louise (Stone) Stokes, a cleaning …
International Civil Rights: Walk of Fame – Mayor Carl Stokes
http://www.nps.gov/features/malu/feat0002/wof/Carl_Stokes.htm
Elected the 51st Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1967, Carl Burton Stokes became the first African American Mayor of a major U.S. city. Born in Cleveland, Carl …
Carl Stokes, Mayor of Cleveland. Archive film 91967
First Black Mayor in the U.S.A. in the 1960’s Carl Stokes in Cleveland, Ohio gives speech to rapturous crowds. Civil Rights.
Carl Stokes speaking at UCLA 11/1/1968
From the archives of the UCLA Communications Studies Department. Digitized 2013. The views and ideas expressed in these videos are not necessarily shared by …
Another big city black mayor bites the dust in Charlotte, N.C.
http://www.allvoices.com/event/post_create_event
Another big city black mayor bites the dust in Charlotte, N.C.. Herbert Dyer … “He didn’t ask anything from us.” Opinion … mayors. The first generation began with the election of Richard G. Hatcher of Gary, Ind., in 1967. … The pride black folks experienced at Hatcher’s ’67 election — and just weeks later, the election of Carl Stokes in Cleveland — cannot be put into words. … This pattern repeated itself all over the country wherever black mayors managed to get elected.
Charlotte’s First Black Mayor Discusses the DNC – Videos – BET
http://www.bet.com/video/news/politics/2012/charlotte-s-first-black-mayor-discusses-the-dnc.html
Charlotte’s First Black Mayor Discusses the DNC. Harvey Gantt, Charlotte’s first Black mayor discusses Charlotte’s rich history, and what it means for the DNC to come there.
Utah Elects First Black Woman Mayor – Essence.com
http://www.essence.com/2010/01/09/utah-elects-first-black-woman-mayor
Meet Mia B Love, mayor of Saratoga Springs and the first Black woman to be elected mayor in Utah, Desert News reports. Utah Elects First Black Woman Mayor. “We’re forward-thinking. We’re not bound by racial stigmas,” the new mayor told Desert News. Congratulations Mayor Love. The new mayor told Desert News.
New statue honors Grand Rapids’ first black mayor – wzzm13.com
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/article/261888/14/New-statue-honors-Grand-Rapids-first-black-mayor
New statue honors Grand Rapids’ first black mayor. Grand Rapids is honoring its first black mayor with a new statue, unveiled in a ceremony Wednesday evening. In 1971 he was chosen by fellow commissioners to fill a mayoral vacancy, then later elected mayor where he served until 1976.
Inside Bay Area – Deborah Robertson makes history as Rialto’s first black mayor – Inside Bay Area
http://www.insidebayarea.com/california/ci_21976867/deborah-robertson-makes-history-rialtos-first-black-mayor
Deborah Robertson makes history as Rialto’s first black mayor. Deborah Robertson made history last week becoming Rialto’s first black mayor. More than 100 years after the city recorded its only black resident – a woman – it elected its first black mayor, also a woman.
Meet Mia Love, The Mormon Mayor Who May Become The First Black Republican Woman In Congress …
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/meet-mia-love-the-mormon-mayor-who-may-become-the-first-black-republican-woman-in-congress/
MSNBC’s Daily Rundown featured an interesting profile on Saratoga Springs mayor Mia Love, who is on her way to making history as the first black Republican female elected to Congress. That said, Love tries not to make her race the focus.
Slovenia elects Eastern Europe’s first black mayor – Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/slovenia/8084760/Slovenia-elects-Eastern-Europes-first-black-mayor.html
A doctor from Ghana was voted in as mayor of a Slovenian city on Sunday, becoming the first black mayor in an eastern European country. Slovenia elects Eastern Europe’s first black mayor.
Knoxville’s first black mayor urges pursuit of dreams – timesfreepress.com
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2011/feb/25/knoxvilles-first-black-mayor-urges-pursuit-of/
Knoxville’s first black mayor urges pursuit of dreams. Staff Photo by Allison Carter/Chattanooga Times Free Press Knoxville Mayor Daniel T Brown, left, talks to Chattanooga Councilman Andrae McGary during a Black History Month at the Historic Lindsay Street Hall. Brown is the first black mayor of Knoxville.
Broward County’s first Black female mayor – The Westside Gazette
Broward County’s first Black female mayor. Vice Mayor Barbara Sharief is no stranger to struggle. As the soon-to-be first Black female Mayor of Broward County, she is more than prepared to meet every challenge head on. Looking towards the future, Sharief has several projects at the top of her to-do list as mayor.
Burlington council elects city’s first black mayor – AP Iowa – The Ottumwa Courier
http://www.ottumwacourier.com/apiowa/x12770544/Burlington-council-elects-citys-first-black-mayor
Burlington council elects city’s first black mayor. BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — The Burlington City Council has chosen the first black mayor in the southeast Iowa city’s history. In Burlington, the Council elects the mayor in the first meeting after Jan 1 on even-numbered years.
N.J. community disputes first black female mayor
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/02/controversy-surrounds-nj-city-first-black-female-mayor/2481963/
Community disputes first black female mayor. Myra Campell will be the city’s first African-American mayor. But her appointment proved to be controversial for some who believed John Moor should have been mayor./ iPhone VIDEO BY NICQUEL TERRY The Asbury Park (N.
Town Haunted By Klan Killings Elects First Black Mayor – CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/2102-504083_162-5034308.html
NEW YORK(CBS) A town haunted by the brutal slaying of three civil rights workers by the Ku Klux Klan elected its first black mayor this week. The paper says Philadelphia’s new mayor, Pentecostal Minister James A Young, 53, was only four years old when the men were murdered.
Chapter 3 – First Black Mayor – The Commercial Appeal
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/jan/04/herenton-chapter-3/
An overflow crowd attending his victory speech pumped the new mayor‘s simple campaign placards — “Herenton, Mayor” — and chanted, “We can’t hack Hackett no more. Early in the evening of Oct 3, 1991, a sense of triumph prevailed at the Dick Hackett for Mayor campaign headquarters.
Was Tom Bradly the first black Mayor of Los Angeles – Our Weekly – African American …
http://ourweekly.com/community/news-opinions-and-activism/was-tom-bradly-first-black-mayor-los-angeles
OurWeekly > community > news-opinions-and-activism > was-tom-bradly-first–black–mayor-los-angeles. An early Mulatto settler, Juan Francisco Reyes, served as mayor from 1793- 1795.
Walter Washington:First African American Mayor / Influence in DC
Inauguration of Orangeburg S.C. First African American Mayor Michael C. Butler
Inauguration of Orangeburg, S.C. First African American Mayor Michael C. Butler On Sept. 10, 2013, a historic election culminated when the first black in the…
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BLACK MAYORS IN ATLANTA
THE 2013 NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BLACK MAYORS CONVENTION IN ATLANTA GEORGIA ATTRACTED PARTICIPANTS FROM AFRICA. THE THEME OF THE CONVENTION IS “RESTORE, …
Tom Bradley’s Successful Campaign for Mayor of LA in 1973
LA city councilman Tom Bradley ran unsuccessfully for Los Angeles mayor against incumbent Sam Yorty in 1969. In a rematch in 1973, however, Bradley won. Brad…
Interview with Mr.Willie Brown Former Mayor of SAn Francisco
This phenomenal, fascinating Former San Francisco mayor, has served for over 30 years in the CA State Assembly, spent 15 years as it’s speaker was San Franci…
Tom Bradley’s Unsuccessful Campaign for Mayor of LA in 1969
LA city councilman Tom Bradley ran unsuccessfully for Los Angeles mayor against incumbent Sam Yorty in 1969. In a rematch in 1973, however, Bradley won. Brad…
Mr Clean Up My Mayor Iz Black
This Song is Dedicated to my Uncle James Young. He Made History Becoming The First Black Mayor In Philadelphia, Ms on May,19 2009. He was also at The BET Awa…
Oklahoma’s Black Towns: America’s 1st Black Woman Mayor
In one of Oklahoma’s remaining historical black towns, America’s first ever elected African-American female mayor Lelia Foley-Davis is back in charge. This i…
Obama and Washington’s – Chicago’s first Black mayor – first terms share parallels, and a lesson …
Obama and Washington’s [Chicago’s first Black mayor] first terms share parallels, and a lesson for Obama from progressive
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Black History Month – Willie Spencer, First African-American Mayor of Hardeman County – WBBJTV West Tennessee’s …
http://www.wbbjtv.com/features/Black-History-Month-Willie-Spencer-First-African-American-Mayor-of-Hardeman-County-191313361.html
And just like the first black President, Hardeman County Mayor Willie Spencer is also making history. In 2006, Spencer became the first African American to be elected as Mayor in Hardeman County. Willie Spencer, First African-American Mayor of Hardeman County. By Erica Williams By [email protected].
Richard Arrington – Birmingham’s first black mayor – CBS42 WIAT
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Birmingham’s first black mayor. (WIAT) — It’s been nearly thirty years since former Birmingham Mayor, Richard Arrington was voted into office. As the city’s first black mayor, he takes us on a trip down memory lane, and gives newcomers to the city, tips on how to help the magic city retain its magic.
Sam King First Black Mayor of Southwark, WW2 veteran
Jamaican Sam King served in the RAF in WW2 and later became the first black mayor of Southwark. He talks about housing, bathing and West Indian self reliance…
Floyd Adams Jr., First Black Mayor of Savannah, Ga., Laid to Rest at 68 – The …
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Floyd Adams Jr, the first Black mayor of Savannah, Ga. Hundreds gathered Feb 7 for the funeral of Floyd Adams Jr, the first Black mayor of Savannah, Ga. Adams Jr served 13 years on the Savannah City Council before he was elected mayor in 1995 in a close race against an incumbent.
Richard Arrington: Birmingham’s first black mayor
It’s been nearly thirty years since former Birmingham Mayor, Richard Arrington was voted into office. As the city’s first black mayor, he takes us on a trip …
Tukufu Zuberi on the Significance of Philly’s First Black Mayor
Philadelphia: The Great Experiment Short Cuts: upenn sociologist Tukufu Zuberi shares what he believes it meant to Philadelphia to elect its first black mayo…
Winnsboro’s First Black Mayor Jackie Johnson Part1
Winnsboro LA Mayor Inautation 2010 Part1.
Carl Stokes and Richard Hatcher become first black mayors of major U.S. cities
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November 7, 1967 Carl Stokes and Richard Hatcher become first black mayors of major US cities. Carl Stokes in Cleveland and Richard Hatcher in Gary, Indiana, become the first black mayors of large US cities.
Is Cory Booker the First Twitter Mayor – Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs – Black Voices
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The Newark mayor tells The Root his one million Twitter followers give him far greater reach than New Jersey’s largest newspaper. Black News, Entertainment, Style and Culture. HuffPost Black Voices. More in Politics. You might also like.
Plano, Texas will elect first black mayor in city’s history Saturday
by TERESA WOODARD WFAA Posted on May 6, 2013 at 10:16 PM Updated today at 10:56 PM PLANO — Onlookers might call it historic, but the candidates really don’t….
Marion’s first black mayor sworn in
It was a historic day for a city in the Pee Dee. Marion’s first black mayor was sworn in.