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The post of Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, was begun in 1834 and was originally referred to as "President of Selectmen" before being changed to "Mayor". Harvey Johnson Jr. elected in 1997 became the city's first black mayor. All of the mayors since have also been African American. The following individuals have held the office:
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Harvey Johnson Jr. (born December 21, 1946), [1] [2] is an American politician from Mississippi.He was elected in 1997 as the first African American Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, serving two terms.
[14] [5] The Jackson State killings also occurred during his tenure in 1970. [15] Also during his tenure as mayor, he presented the idea for a planetarium, which started construction in 1976 and is named after him. [citation needed] He was an early advocate of moving from the mayor-commissioner form of government to the mayor-council form. [4 ...
Frank Ervin Melton (March 19, 1949 – May 7, 2009) [1] was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, United States, from 4 July 2005 until his death on 7 May 2009.Melton, an African American, defeated the city's first black mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. Melton won 63 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary against Johnson, who had served two terms.
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