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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.
Pages in category "African-American mayors in Indiana" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Mobile view ...
First African-American mayor in New Mexico: Albert Johnson [23] 1977; First African-American to serve on the California Supreme Court: Wiley W. Manuel First African-American speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, and of any state legislature in the United States since Reconstruction: K. Leroy Irvis
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City.
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 ]
Overall, 31 of the 50 U.S. states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, have elected an African American to represent them in the U.S. House of Representatives, with Rhode Island being the most recent to elect its first (in 2023); out of these, 23 states, plus U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, have elected ...
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