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Pages in category "African-American mayors in Louisiana" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial (October 9, 1929 – December 24, 1989), was an American politician and a leading civil rights advocate. He was the first black mayor of New Orleans, serving from 1978 to 1986. [1]
Pierre Caliste Landry (April 19, 1841 – December 22, 1921) was born into slavery and went on to become an attorney, Methodist Episcopal minister, mayor, newspaper editor, and state legislator in Louisiana. [1]
Sharon Weston Broome (born October 1, 1956) is a Louisiana politician who served as mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana between 2017 and 2025. She was elected mayor-president in a runoff election held on December 10, 2016. [1] [2] Broome is the first African-American woman to serve as mayor-president. [3]
African-American state legislators in Louisiana (94 P) Pages in category "African-American people in Louisiana politics" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
During 1975–1976, Landrieu served as president of the United States Conference of Mayors. [24] He was reelected in 1974 and served until April 1978. [3] After leaving office, he was succeeded by Dutch Morial, the city's first black mayor. [25] Landrieu was the last white elected mayor of New Orleans until his son, Mitch, was elected in 2010. [26]
Pages in category "Mayors of places in Louisiana" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Louisiana History 38#3 (1997), pp. 287–308. online; De Jong, Greta. A different day: African American struggles for justice in rural Louisiana, 1900-1970 (U of North Carolina Press, 2002) online. De Jong, Greta. "" With the aid of God and the FSA": The Louisiana Farmers' Union and the African American freedom struggle in the New Deal era."