Mayors, African American
Heads of government in United States cities and towns. Few black mayors were elected before the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, but since that time most major cities in the United States have had at least one black mayor.
Mayors, African American
Heads of government in United States cities and towns. Few black mayors were elected before the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, but since that time most major cities in the United States have had at least one black mayor.
A version of this article originally appeared in Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience.
