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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] Alternatively, some sources assign the title of first to the Indianapolis Leader [2] or the ...
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 elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Juliana Stratton. 2019; First African-American elected Attorney General of Kentucky: Daniel Cameron First Surgeon General for the State of California: Nadine Burke Harris [34] 2020
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 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.
Sharon Tucker is an American politician who has been mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana since April 2024, [1] the second-largest city in the state.She previously served as a Fort Wayne City Councilwoman from the 6th District from 2020 to 2024, and previously served as a member of the Allen County Council from 2015 to 2020. [2]
Deirdre A. Dillon, first woman Mayor of Ramsey. 2020. Dina Grilo, first woman elected Mayor of East Newark, New Jersey LaDaena Thomas, first woman elected mayor of Penns Grove, and the first African-American woman to be elected in Salem County, New Jersey
Was the first openly gay mayor elected in the United States of America. Was elected mayor of the City of Bunceton, Missouri April 1, 1980. Served a total of 26 years.