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List of first African-American mayors - Wikipedia  In the 19th century in the American South during Reconstruction, African Americans began to .... 1996. First African American elected mayor of San Francisco, California: Willie .... "300 watch as Andrew Hardwick sworn in as Freeport mayor".
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THE MAYOR'S LEGACY: WILLIE BROWN / 'Da Mayor' soared ...  Jan 4, 2004 ... 8, 1996, after nearly 15 years as Assembly speaker, Willie Lewis Brown ... as Brown, San Francisco's first African American mayor, presided ... Brown made his mark in San Francisco the day he was sworn into the mayor's job.
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S.F. Parties as Willie Brown Is Sworn In - latimes  Politics: Inauguration of city's first black mayor draws political leaders, and a call from ... January 09, 1996|MAURA DOLAN and NORMA KAUFMAN | TIMES STAFF WRITERS ... life as mayor of San Francisco on Monday with an ebullient swearing-in ... as police chief and an African American as fire chief, saying he had yet to...
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Willie Brown, horoscope for birth date 20 March 1934, born in ...  Dec 26, 2013 ... American politician, the two-term mayor of San Francisco, first elected on ... the city's first African-American mayor, and sworn in on January 8, 1996. ... He was born into poverty in a small racially segregated Texas town and...
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Mayor of San Francisco - Wikipedia  The Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco is the head of the executive branch of the ... John W. Geary, elected in 1850, was the first mayor of the city. .... is the only woman, Willie Brown is the only African American, and Ed Lee is the only ..... of San Francisco Municipal Code". City and County of San Francisco. 1996.
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Harold Washington Archives & Collections. Mayoral Records ...  Dates: 1979  1988 (bulk dates 1983  1987) Size: 27 linear feet Repository: Chicago Public ... Harold Washington was the first African American mayor of Chicago, elected in 1983 ... Harold Washington, City Council Proceedings Records ..... Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Midwest Stock Exchange, Members, undated.
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The election of Harold Washington the first black mayor of Chicago ...  The election of Harold Washington the first black mayor of Chicago ... Chicago was still a Democratic city, and on April 12, 1983, Harold Washington was elected...
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Brown, Lee Patrick 1937 - Dictionary definition of Brown, Lee ...  Lee Patrick Brown was one of the leading law-enforcement executives in the United States before Houston voters elected him as the first African American mayor in that city's ... He even served as America's Drug Czar in the Clinton administration ... Houston Police Department, chief of police, 1982-90; New York City police...
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Free Flashcards about HISTORIC NAMES - StudyStack  AFTER WWII, ENRICO FERMI MOVED BACK TO THIS CITY TO TEACH AT ITS ...... A HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT, HE DROPPED BACK IN AFTER WW II AND LATER BECAME CLEVELAND'S FIRST BLACK MAYOR, CARL STOKES.
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Tom Bradley, LA's first Black mayor | African American Registry  Tom Bradley, an African American administrator and politician, was born on this date in ... In 1963, Bradley became the first Black elected to the Los Angeles city council. In 1973, he became the city's first Black mayor, a position he held until his ... The five-time Los Angeles mayor was unable to a win higher office, despite...
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Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first black Supreme Court justice Oct ...  Oct 2, 2007 ... Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first black Supreme Court justice Oct. 2, 1967 ... On this day in 1967, Chief Justice Earl Warren swore in Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) as the first black Supreme Court justice in the nation's history. ... Two years later, he succeeded his law school mentor in the organization's...
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Remembering MAYOR THOMAS "TOM" BRADLEY - Los Angeles ...  Dec 30, 2010 ... Thomas J. Tom Bradley made history in 1973 when he became the first Black mayor of Los Angeles, the nation's second largest city. He went...
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Carl Stokes - News Anchor, Mayor, Lawyer - Biography.com  Apr 2, 2014 ... ... the first African American elected to mayor in a major U.S. city on ... News Anchor, Mayor, Lawyer (19271996) ... Carl Stokes served as the Cleveland, Ohio's mayor from 1967 to ... His father died when Stokes was young.
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List of mayors of New York City - Wikipedia  The Mayor of New York City is the chief executive of the government of New York City, ... The office of Mayor of New York was established in 1665 and were appointed by ... Thomas Willett was the first person to be specifically appointed mayor. .... term as acting mayor until his elected successor, A. Oakey Hall, took office.
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Frank Rizzo of Philadelphia Dies at 70 - A 'Hero' and 'Villain ...  Jul 17, 1991 ... One night during the upheavals of the 1960's, Commissioner Rizzo left a ... by W. Wilson Goode, who went on to win election as the city's first black Mayor. ... on South Rosewood, the narrow street in "South Philly" where the Rizzos lived. ... In 1972, shortly before he resigned to run for Mayor, police officers...
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Ron Gonzales - Wikipedia  Ron Gonzales was elected the first Latino Mayor of San Jose since California's Statehood. Gonzales became one of the first Hispanic mayors of a major U.S. city...
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Douglas Wilder - Governor, Mayor - Biography.com  Feb 14, 2016 ... Find out more about the life of Douglas Wilder, the first African American ... office in Virginia, and to be elected governor in the U.S., at Biography.com. ... Lawrence Douglas Wilder was born on January 17, 1931, in the former...
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Guide to the Dr. Lee P. Brown Papers, 1954-2013 MS 509  The papers reflect his professional career as Mayor of Houston (1998-2004), Director ... Dr. Brown has also served as New York City Police Commissioner from ... He served in that Cabinet-level position as the Drug Czar from 1993 until ... became the first African American to ever be elected as Mayor of the City of Houston.
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man in the news: xavier louis suarez; miami's first cuban-born mayor  Published: November 14, 1985 ... Shortly after noon today, Mr. Suarez was sworn in as Mayor, the first Cuban-American to reach that ... ''There is a great difference between the majority of blacks in our city and the majority of whites. ... Xavier Louis Suarez was born in Las Villas, Cuba, on May 21, 1949, the ninth of 14...
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List of first African-American mayors - Wikipedia  In the 19th century in the American South during Reconstruction, African Americans began to ... First Elected (1967) African American mayor of a large U.S. city: Richard G. ... First African American mayor of a large U.S. city: Carl Stokes (Cleveland, ... First African American elected mayor of a major Southern city: Maynard...
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Dianne Feinstein | San Francisco Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia  A San Francisco native, she previously served as the Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. Feinsten was born and raised in San Francisco, and she...