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The first African-American mayors were elected during Reconstruction in the Southern United States beginning about 1867. African Americans in the South were also elected to many local offices, such as sheriff and Justice of the Peace, and state offices such as legislatures as well as a smaller number of federal offices.
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Beginning near the Ohio–Indiana border, the Wabash flows for more than 500 miles (800 km) across Northern Indiana, turning southward where it forms a portion of the Illinois–Indiana border. It is the second largest tributary to the Ohio River and is the longest segment of free-flowing river east of the Mississippi River. 1996 [14] [15] Stone
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 ...
Stokes was the first elected African American mayor of a major American city (Cleveland was, at the time, the ninth largest city in the United States). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His election came alongside the election of Richard G. Hatcher in the 1967 Gary, Indiana, mayoral election .
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 ]
In 2001, Fayetteville elected its first Black mayor, Marshall Pitts. The city would be forever changed by the legacy he left and the changes he made. Breaking Barriers: Fayetteville's first Black ...
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