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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:
Pages in category "Mayors of Jackson, Mississippi" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This category is for persons who have held the position of mayor in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Subcategories. ... Mayors of Jackson, Mississippi (22 P) M.
In response, Mayor Allen Thompson went on television the next day to portray Jackson as a city without racial inequality, characterizing the NAACP as outside agitators. After gaining permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Evers, a Jackson native, gave a reply to the mayor's speech on public television on May 20.
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In 1977, he ran for the mayor office of Jackson, Mississippi as a Democrat, beating Republican candidate Doug Shanks. [7] [8] He won re-election in 1981. [2] Starting in 1985, he became the first mayor of the city under mayor-council form. [9] Danks stopped being the mayor of Jackson in 1989, when he lost in a runoff election to J. Kane Ditto ...
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.
21st-century mayors of places in Mississippi (31 P) This page was last edited on 21 August 2024, at 21:21 (UTC). Text is ...