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The Evansville weekly Our Age, which was in circulation by 1878, is the first known African American newspaper in Indiana. [1] Alternatively, some sources assign the title of first to the Indianapolis Leader [2] or the Logansport Colored Visitor, [3] both of which were first published in August 1879. A 1996 survey of Indiana's African American ...
Pages in category "African-American mayors in Indiana" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
First African-American female mayor of a major Southern city, and first woman to be elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia: Shirley Franklin [86] First African American and first woman to be elected mayor of Southfield, Michigan: Brenda L. Lawrence; First African American elected mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina: Marshall Pitts Jr. [87]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Fort Wayne Councilwoman Sharon Tucker was chosen Saturday as the new mayor of Indiana’s second most populous city, and its first Black leader, during a caucus to ...
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Central Indiana election results: See live vote tallies here as results are announced As of just before 9 p.m., 78% of the vote had been counted in Marion County, or 146 out of the 186 vote centers.
[1] [2] Her election pre-dates that of Doris A. Davis, who was elected mayor of Compton, California later that year. [4] Despite being described as the first African-American woman elected mayor, The Washington Post reported in 2019 that Ellen Craig-Jones, a Black woman, was elected mayor of Urbancrest, Ohio in 1971.
Nellie Babcock, first woman mayor of Rochester, Indiana [124] 1957. Mary Jancosek Bercik, first woman mayor of Whiting, Indiana [125] 1964. Margaret H. Prickett, first woman elected mayor of Mishawaka, Indiana [126] 1980. Patricia Logan, first woman elected mayor of Noblesville, Indiana. 1999. Shirley Robb, first woman elected mayor of ...