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Newspaper rack with issues of the Gary Crusader in 2020. Various African American newspapers have been published in Indiana. 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 ...
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First African-American mayor of, and first mayor elected by popular vote in, Camden, Arkansas: Julian Lott (also president of Arkansas Black Mayors Association 2020–present) First African American to be elected mayor of Danville, Illinois: Rickey Williams Jr. [133]
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 ...
First African-American woman elected to the Louisiana State Senate: Diana Bajoie. 1992; First African-American elected to a statewide office in Indiana: Pamela Carter, office of Attorney General First African-American Minnesota Supreme Court justice: Alan Page. 1993; First African-American senator from Illinois: Carol Moseley Braun. (Also first ...
Sharon Tucker is an American politician who has been mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana since April 2024, [1] the second-largest city in the state.She previously served as a Fort Wayne City Councilwoman from the 6th District from 2020 to 2024, and previously served as a member of the Allen County Council from 2015 to 2020. [2]
The 1967 Gary, Indiana, mayoral election, held on November 7, saw the election of Richard G. Hatcher. This was, along with the coinciding election in Cleveland, Ohio , the first election of an African American as mayor of an American city with a population over 100,000. [ 1 ]
Was the first openly gay mayor elected in the United States of America. Was elected mayor of the City of Bunceton, Missouri April 1, 1980. Served a total of 26 years.