Black Mayors

May 18, 2023

Independent candidate poised to become first elected Black mayor of Colorado Springs

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December 9, 2022

18-year-old becomes youngest Black mayor in America

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November 19, 2022

Black mayors to lead four largest U.S. cities after Bass wins Los Angeles race

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April 6, 2022

Milwaukee elects Cavalier Johnson, the city’s first Black mayor

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December 17, 2021

San Francisco mayor London Breed declares state of emergency in Tenderloin district

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Mayor Deqa Dhalac
December 8, 2021

Deqa Dhalac, first Somalia-born mayor in U.S., opens up about historic victory

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July 20, 2021

Alabama councilman faces backlash for racial slur: ‘Do we have a house n— in here?’

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theGRIO.com
May 27, 2021

White journalist sues Chicago mayor over POC press policy

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April 19, 2021

How Black women became major city mayors in recent years

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Keisha Lance Bottoms theGrio.com
January 22, 2021

Black mayors are leading the charge to reform the police

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Michael Hancock Denver mayor thegrio.com
November 26, 2020

Denver mayor flies out of town for Thanksgiving despite warning others not to

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Lovely Warren indictment Rochester New York thegrio.com
October 3, 2020

Rochester mayor, embroiled in Daniel Prude controversy, indicted on felony campaign finance fraud charges

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June 26, 2020

Mayor of Mississippi town cries while signing order to take down state flag

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April 10, 2020

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot drove around the city to enforce stay at home order

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Michael Tubbs Stockton thegrio.com
January 19, 2018

Stockton’s first Black mayor offers the city’s public high school grads college scholarships

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theGrio featured stories
March 1, 2014

Straight outta Compton: 31-year-old mayor Aja Brown holds her own

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theGrio featured stories
February 2, 2013

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore's second female mayor, is in a league of her own

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