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In the 20th century, the first African-American mayors of cities were elected or appointed following the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement and passage of related legislation in 1964 and 1965...
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On this date in 1973, Tom Bradley became the first African-American mayor of Los Angeles, CA. He defeated incumbent Sam Yorty, and thus also became the first Black mayor of major city, which was predominantly White.
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Dollarhide was considered a pioneering figure at a time when other cities in southeast Los Angeles County were becoming increasingly black and Latino. ... Douglas Dollarhide, whose election as Compton's first black mayor in 1969 symbolized the demographic transformation of what was once a predominantly white area, has died.
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articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/09/local/me-dollarhide9
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Racial harmony or becoming York’s first black mayor was not part of Bracey’s platform. In fact, she hadn’t even thought about it until a reporter brought it up ... Many other cities that were scarred by race riots — Detroit, Newark, Los Angeles and Cleveland — elected their first black mayors many years ago.
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On May 29, 1973, Tom Bradley became the first Black mayor of Los Angeles and the second of any major U.S. city, who served for five terms from 1973 to 1993. ... On May 29, 1973, Tom Bradley became the first Black mayor of Los Angeles and the second of any major U.S. city, who served for five terms from 1973 to 1993.
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On Oct. 16, 1973, Mr. Jackson handily won the runoff with 59 percent of the vote, becoming the first black mayor of a major city in the South, the same year that Tom Bradley and Coleman Young won the mayoralties of Los Angeles and Detroit respectively.
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Then I moved to New York and I voted in the first Black mayor there too. By 2005 I was living in Los Angeles and I voted in the first Latino major in a hundred and thirty years. The irony of course being that Chicago was founded by a black man and LA by a group of 17 mixed race people.
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Thirty years ago, Jackson survived a racially charged primary to become the first black mayor of a major Southern city. The victory, the same year that black mayors were elected in Detroit and Los Angeles, helped solidify the political power of urban blacks.
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This Week In Black History.(Tom Bradley becomes the first African American... Jet. Magazine article from: Jet ...city councilman, was elected the first Black mayor ...
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