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Pages in category "African-American mayors in Indiana" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... This page was last edited on 12 January 2021 ...
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.
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 ...
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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Following last week's brutal election for Indiana Democrats, Black faith leaders in Indianapolis are calling on party chair Mike Schmuhl to resign, citing a "lack of progress" under his leadership ...
Karen Marie Freeman-Wilson (born October 24, 1960) [1] is an American attorney, former judge, and politician who served as Indiana Attorney General from 2000 to 2001, as well as mayor of Gary, Indiana from 2012 to 2019. She has been President and CEO of the Chicago Urban League since January 2020.
Buttigieg came out as gay in a June 2015 piece in the South Bend Tribune, [109] becoming Indiana's first openly gay elected executive. [315] [316] [317] He was the first elected official in Indiana to come out while in office [318] and the highest elected official in Indiana to come out. [317] Pete and Chasten Buttigieg in 2019