Biography on black mayors
Famous black mayors
The first African-American mayors were elected during Reconstruction in the Southern United States beginning about 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 See more.
Percentage of black mayors in america
In the last quarter of the 20th century and the first two decades of the 21st, African Americans increasingly became involved in all levels of local government.
National conference of black mayors
In the 19th century in the American South during Reconstruction, African Americans began to be elected to many local offices, such as sheriff or Justice of the Peace, and some became the .
Black mayors in california
Committed to overcoming inequality, the first wave of African-American mayors tackled an array of urban problems from poverty to discrimination and local civil rights issues .