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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 ...
First African-American female mayor: Lelia Foley, Taft, Oklahoma [3] First African-American female mayor of a major satellite city and first African American woman mayor in California: Doris A. Davis, Compton, California [40] First African American to be elected mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan: Lyman Parks (see also: 1971)
[1] [2] His election came alongside the election of Richard G. Hatcher in the 1967 Gary, Indiana, mayoral election. Together, these were the first elections of African-Americans as mayors of cities over 100,000. [3] Stoke's election came in a city which was, at the time, 68% white. [2]
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 ...
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 ]
Carl Burton Stokes (June 21, 1927 – April 3, 1996) was an American politician and diplomat of the Democratic Party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Elected on November 7, 1967, and taking office on January 1, 1968, he was one of the first black elected mayors of a major U.S. city. [a]
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On March 20, 2011, rival NBC affiliate KTTC (channel 10) in Rochester upgraded its local news to full high definition becoming the first outlet to do so. KIMT has expanded its weekday morning news show, airing 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours of news from 4:30 to 7 a.m. and an additional half hour, My Morning News on My 3.2, starting at 7 a.m. on KIMT-DT2.