Don Barksdale broke barriers as an African-American by becoming the first member of the U.S. Olympic basketball team (1948), the first to win a gold medal (1948), and the first to play in the NBA ...

Everybody knows Dr. Herenton, Memphis' first African American mayor. Also, Benjamin Hooks, State Representative Joe Towns, Larry Miller, Myron Lowery, Marion Barry. The list goes on and on and on.

My parents were also involved in electing the first African American mayor of Newark [Kenneth Gibson] and in the 1972 National Black Political Convention.

On Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day, Mayor Monroe Nichols, the city’s first African American mayor, announced the Greenwood Trust, a $105 million private charitable fund created to address the ...

Alvin Brown, vice chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, contesting his May 5 removal from office. Appointed by President Joe Biden, ...

Tulsa's first Black mayor unveils $105 million Greenwood Trust to address lasting impacts of 1921 Race Massacre and rebuild historic district. Skip to content News ...

HORN LAKE, Miss. — Jimmy Stokes was elected as the new mayor of Horn Lake, Mississippi, marking the first leadership change for the city since 2013. Commissioner Stokes, a Democrat, beat out … ...

Mayor Berry beat Republican Heather Patterson in the race. ... Berry was elected as the first African-American mayor of Wiggins in June 2021. See full election results HERE.

The first debate is in the books. Nine Democratic candidates in the race to be the next mayor of New York City shared a debate stage on Wednesday night ahead of the June 24 primary.

Voters in Horn Lake elected Jimmy Stokes as the city’s first African-American mayor, while democrats captured a majority of the seats on the Board of Aldermen in Tuesday’s general election.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Trust will focus on housing, cultural preservation, and economic development. Of the total goal. By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent On Tulsa ...