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First African American to be elected mayor of a major Western city: Tom Bradley, Los Angeles, California; First African-American female mayor: Lelia Foley, Taft, Oklahoma [3] First African-American female mayor of a major satellite city and first African American woman mayor in California: Doris A. Davis, Compton, California [40]
This is a list of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States, ordered by their populations as of July 1, 2022, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. [1] [2] These 50 cities have a combined population of 49.6 million, or 15% of the national population.
It includes Mayors of places in the United States that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories This category has the following 43 subcategories, out of 43 total.
From New York to Los Angeles, Black mayors are getting the chance to prove that they can lead American cities through crises. Black mayors are fighting to save America’s biggest cities Skip to ...
While the midterm elections were disappointing for a number of high-profile Black candidates, including Stacey Abrams and Val Demings, there were important victories in other races.
Carl Burton Stokes (June 21, 1927 – April 3, 1996) was an American politician and diplomat of the Democratic Party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Elected on November 7, 1967, and taking office on January 1, 1968, he was one of the first black elected mayors of a major U.S. city. [a]
The residents of America’s four largest cities have spoken, and their votes have favored Black mayors. New York City, Chicago, The post Black mayors to lead four largest U.S. cities after Bass ...
The National Conference of Black Mayors (NCBM) was incorporated in 1974 and was originally organized as the Southern Conference of Black Mayors (SCBM) forty years ago.The thirteen mayors who founded the group were elected after the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and held its first meeting in Santee, South Carolina.