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Front page of the Indianapolis Leader, one of Indiana's first African American newspapers. Newspaper rack with issues of the Gary Crusader in 2020. Various African American newspapers have been published in Indiana. The Evansville weekly Our Age, which was in circulation by 1878, is the first known African American newspaper in Indiana. [1]
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 ...
First African-American mayor of, and first mayor elected by popular vote in, Camden, Arkansas: Julian Lott (also president of Arkansas Black Mayors Association 2020–present) First African American to be elected mayor of Danville, Illinois: Rickey Williams Jr. [133]
Richard Gordon Hatcher (July 10, 1933 – December 13, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as the first African-American mayor of Gary, Indiana, for 20 years, from 1968 to 1988. At the time of his first election on November 7, 1967, he and Carl Stokes were the first African Americans to be elected mayors of a U.S. city with ...
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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First Mayor of Rosemont. Served from village's incorporation in 1956 to 2007. 51 years, 361 days Robert M. Blais Lake George, New York: Served from April 5, 1971, to April 1, 2023. [22] [23] 51 years, 182 days Dock Hulett Gabbert Derma, Mississippi: Served from July 1, 1969, to December 30, 2020. [24] 50 years, 298 days Leonard Scarcella ...
The 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has sentimental roots.. The tree was planted by the Albert family back in 1967 in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, when Earl Albert and his late wife ...