List of first African-American mayors
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19th century: 1860s • 1870s • 1880s |
1860s
- 1868
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- First African American elected mayor of a U.S. town: Pierre Caliste Landry, Donaldsonville, Louisiana[1]
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- First African-American mayor of Kingstree, South Carolina: Stephen Atkins Swails
- 1869
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- First African-American mayor of Maryville, Tennessee: W. B. Scott[2]
1870s
- 1870
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- First African American elected mayor of a Mississippi city: Robert H. Wood, Natchez, Mississippi[3][4]
- 1878
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- First African American elected to serve as mayor in the state of New York: Edward "Ned" Sherman, Cleveland, New York[5][6]
1880s
- 1887
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- Founding mayor: Columbus H. Boger, Eatonville, Florida
- 1888
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- First African-American mayor of a predominantly white U.S. town, and of a Western U.S. town: Edward Duplex, Wheatland, California[7]
1900s
- 1905
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- Founding mayor: T. B. Armstrong, Boley, Oklahoma
1960s
- 1964
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- First African-American mayor of Richmond, California: George D. Carroll
- 1966
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- First African-American mayor of Flint, Michigan: Floyd J. McCree[8]
- First African-American mayor of Lake Elsinore, California: Tom Yarborough
- First African-American mayor of Milpitas: Ben F. Gross[9]
- 1967
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- First elected African-American mayor of a large U.S. city, Gary, Indiana: Richard G. Hatcher[10]
- First African-American mayor of a large U.S. city, Cleveland, Ohio: Carl Stokes
- First African American appointed mayor of Washington, D.C.: Walter Washington (see also: 1975)
- First African American elected mayor of Ypsilanti, Michigan: John Burton[11]
- 1968
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- First African American elected Mayor of Montclair, New Jersey: Matthew G. Carter[12]
- First African-American mayor of a Kentucky city: Luska Twyman, Glasgow, Kentucky
- First African American elected mayor of a predominantly white southern city: Howard Nathaniel Lee, Chapel Hill, North Carolina[13]
- 1969
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- First African American elected mayor of Fayette, Mississippi: Charles Evers[14]
1970s
- 1970
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- First African American elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey: Kenneth A. Gibson
- First African American elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio: James H. McGee
- First African American appointed mayor of Wichita, Kansas: A. Price Woodard[15]
- First African-American elected mayor of Salina, Kansas: Robert C. Caldwell[16]
- 1971
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- First African-American appointed mayor of Gainesville, Florida since the Reconstruction era: Neil A. Butler[17]
- First African American appointed mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan: Lyman Parks (see also: 1973)
- First African-American mayor of Englewood, New Jersey: Walter Scott Taylor[18]
- 1972
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- First African-American mayor of Tallahassee, Florida and first African-American mayor of a state capital: James R. Ford
- First African-American mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio: Ted Berry
- 1973
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- First African American elected mayor of Detroit, Michigan: Coleman Young
- First African American elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina: Clarence Lightner
- First African American elected mayor of a city in Georgia, Greenville: Richmond D. Hill[19][20][21]
- First African American elected mayor of a major Southern city: Maynard Jackson, Atlanta, Georgia[22]
- First African American elected mayor of a major Western city: Tom Bradley, Los Angeles, California
- First African-American woman mayor: Lelia Foley, Taft, Oklahoma[23]
- First African-American woman mayor of a major satellite city: Doris A. Davis, Compton, California[24]
- First African American elected mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan: Lyman Parks (see also: 1971)
- 1974
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- First African American elected mayor of Waco, Texas: Oscar Du Conge[25]
- First African American appointed mayor of Pontiac, Michigan: Wallace E. Holland
- 1975
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- First African American elected mayor, and first elected mayor, of Washington, D.C.: Walter Washington (see also: 1967)
- First African-American mayor of Santa Monica, California: Nat Trives[26]
- First African-American mayor of Opa-Locka, Florida and first African-American mayor in Dade County: Albert Tresvant[27]
- 1976
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- First African American elected mayor of Pocatello, Idaho and first African American elected mayor in the state of Idaho: Thomas L. Purce[28]
- First African-American mayor of Seaside, California: Oscar Lawson[29]
- First African-American mayor of Opelousas, Louisiana: John W. Joseph[30]
- 1977
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- First African-American mayor of Richmond, Virginia: Henry L. Marsh[31] (Note: elected from within nine City Council members; changed to general election in 2003)
- 1978
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- First African American elected mayor of Oakland, California: Lionel Wilson
- First African American elected mayor of New Orleans: Ernest Nathan Morial
- 1979
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- First African American elected mayor of Birmingham, Alabama: Richard Arrington, Jr.
- First African American elected mayor of Rock Island, Illinois: James R. Davis
1980s
- 1981
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- First African American elected mayor of Camden, New Jersey: Randy Primas[32]
- First African American elected mayor of Spokane, Washington: James Everett Chase
- First African American elected mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey, and first African American elected mayor in Central New Jersey: Everett C. Lattimore[33]
- First African-American mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas: Charles E. Bussey Jr.[34]
- First African-American mayor of Winter Haven, Florida: Lemuel Geathers
- 1982
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- First African American succeeds to the office of mayor of Memphis, Tennessee after the resignation of his predecessor: J.O. Patterson, Jr.[35]
- 1983
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- First African American elected Mayor of Chicago: Harold Washington
- First African American elected mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina: Harvey Gantt
- First African American elected Mayor of Flint: James Sharp
- 1984
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- First African American elected Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey: James L. Usry
- First African American elected Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Wilson Goode
- First African American elected mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia: James W. Holley, III
- 1985
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- First African-American appointed mayor of Gainesville, Georgia: John W. Morrow Jr.[36][37]
- First African-American appointed mayor of Lynwood, California: Robert Henning[38]
- First African American elected mayor of Mount Vernon, New York, and first African American elected mayor in New York state: Ronald Blackwood[39]
- First African American appointed mayor of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee and first African-American appointed mayor in the state of Tennessee: Willie B. Baker[40][41]
- 1986
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- First African American and first woman mayor of Newport News, Virginia: Jessie M. Rattley[42]
- 1987
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- First African American woman elected mayor of a major city Hartford, Connecticut: Carrie Saxon Perry
- First African American succeeds to the office of mayor of Baltimore, Maryland: Clarence H. Burns
- First African American elected mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska: James C. Hayes[43]
- First African American elected mayor of Tacoma, Washington: Harold Moss[44]
- First African American woman and first woman mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas: Lottie Shackelford
- 1988
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- First African American elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland: Kurt Schmoke
- First African American elected mayor of Hempstead, New York: James A. Garner
- 1989
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- First African American elected mayor of New York, New York: David Dinkins
- First African American elected mayor of New Haven, Connecticut: John C. Daniels
- First African American elected mayor of Richmond, California: George Livingston[45]
- First African American elected mayor of Rockford, Illinois: Charles Box
- First African American elected mayor of Seattle, Washington: Norm Rice
- First African American succeeds to the office of mayor of Minden, Louisiana, via recall of his predecessor: Robert T. Tobin
1990s
- 1990
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- First African American elected Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey: Douglas Palmer
- First African American elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina: Leander R. "Lee" Morgan[46]
- First African-American mayor of Lynchburg, Virginia: M.W. Thornhill Jr.[47]
- First African American elected mayor of Chandler, Arizona: Coy Payne
- First African American elected mayor of New York City: David Dinkins
- First Atrican American elected mayor of Irvington, New Jersey Michael Steele
- 1991
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- First African American elected mayor of Memphis, Tennessee: W. W. Herenton
- First African American elected mayor of Denver, Colorado: Wellington Webb
- First African American elected mayor of Kansas City, Missouri: Emanuel Cleaver
- First African American woman elected mayor of Washington, D.C.: Sharon Pratt Kelly
- 1992
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- First African American male elected mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts: Kenneth Reeves
- First African American elected mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska: James C. Hayes[48]
- 1993
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- First African American elected mayor of St. Louis, Missouri: Freeman Bosley, Jr.
- First African American elected mayor of Rochester, New York: William A. Johnson, Jr.
- 1994
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- First African American and first woman elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota: Sharon Sayles Belton
- 1995
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- First African American elected mayor of Dallas, Texas: Ron Kirk
- First African American elected mayor of Savannah, Georgia: Floyd Adams, Jr.
- 1996
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- First African American elected mayor of San Francisco, California: Willie Brown
- First African American elected mayor of Monroe, Louisiana: Abe E. Pierce, III
- First African American elected mayor of Pleasant Valley, Missouri: Abram "Abe" McGull[49]
- 1997
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- First African American elected mayor of Dolton, Illinois: William Shaw
- First African American elected mayor of Jackson, Mississippi: Harvey Johnson, Jr.
- First African American elected mayor of Houston, Texas: Lee P. Brown
- First African American elected mayor of Des Moines, Iowa: Preston Daniels[50]
- First African American elected mayor of Paterson, New Jersey: Martin G. Barnes
- First African-American succeeds to the mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado after the resignation of his predecessor: Leon Young[51]
- First African-born Black mayor in the United States elected as mayor of East Cleveland, Ohio: Emmanuel Onunwor[52]
- 1998
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- First African-American mayor of Jasper, Texas: R. C. Horn[53]
- First African-American female elected mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts: E. Denise Simmons
- First African-American mayor of Hopewell, Virginia: Curtis West Harris
- 1999
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- First African-American mayor of Pineville, Louisiana: Clarence R. Fields (became interim mayor in 1999; was elected to a partial term in 2000 and re-elected to full terms in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014)
- First African-American mayor of Elyria, Ohio: Thomas O. Shores
2000s
- 2000
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- First African American elected mayor of Columbus, Ohio: Michael B. Coleman
- First African American elected mayor of Selma, Alabama: James Perkins, Jr.
- First African American elected mayor of Oceanside, California: Terry Johnson[54]
- First African American woman elected mayor of Worland, Wyoming: LaVertha Gotier[55]
- 2001
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- First African American elected mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi: Johnny DuPree[56]
- First African-American woman mayor of a major Southern city, and first woman to be elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia: Shirley Franklin[57]
- First African American and first woman elected mayor of Southfield, Michigan: Brenda L. Lawrence
- First African American elected mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina: Marshall Pitts Jr.[58]
- First African-American female Republican elected mayor of Tchula, Mississippi: Yvonne Brown[59]
- First African American Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey: Glenn Cunningham[60]
- First African-American appointed female mayor of Gainesville, Georgia: Myrtle Figueras[61]
- 2002
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- First African-American woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio: Rhine McLin
- First African American elected mayor of Toledo, Ohio: Jack Ford
- 2003
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- First African-American elected mayor of Palm Springs, California: Ron Oden
- First African American elected by citizens as mayor of Tallahassee, Florida: John Marks
- First African-American elected mayor, and first elected mayor, of San Ramon, California: H. Abram Wilson
- 2004
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- First African American elected mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Kip Holden
- First African-American mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Marvin Pratt
- First African American elected mayor of Pine Bluff, Arkansas: Carl A. Redus Jr.[62]
- First African-American elected female mayor of Waco, Texas: Mae Jackson[63]
- First African-American appointed female mayor of East Cleveland, Ohio: Saratha Goggins[64]
- 2005
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- First African American elected mayor of Buffalo, New York: Byron Brown
- First African American elected mayor of Mobile, Alabama: Sam Jones
- First African American elected mayor of Asheville, North Carolina: Terry Bellamy
- First African American elected mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio: Mark Mallory
- First African American elected mayor of Youngstown, Ohio: Jay Williams
- First African American and woman elected mayor of Greenwood, Mississippi: Sheriel F. Perkins[65]
- First African-American succeeds to the office of mayor of Orlando, Florida: Ernest Page[66]
- 2006
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- First African American elected mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana: Cedric Glover
- First African American elected mayor of Anderson, South Carolina: Terence Roberts[67]
- First African-American mayor of Duarte, California: Lois Gaston
- First African American elected mayor of Killeen, Texas: Timothy Hancock[68]
- 2007
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- First African-American woman and first woman elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland: Sheila Dixon
- First African American elected mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina: Yvonne Johnson
- First African American elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas: Carl Brewer
- First African American elected mayor of South Harrison Township, New Jersey: Charles Tyson[69]
- 2008
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- First African American elected mayor of Blue Springs, Missouri: Carson Ross
- First African American elected mayor of Lancaster, Texas: Marcus Knight
- First African American elected mayor of Mansfield, Ohio: Donald Culliver
- First African American elected mayor of Sacramento, California: Kevin Johnson
- First African American mayor of Festus, Missouri: Earl Cook[70]
- First African-American and first woman elected mayor of Cambridge, Maryland: Victoria Jackson-Stanley
- 2009
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- First African American elected mayor of Philadelphia, Mississippi: James Young
- First African American elected mayor of Freeport, New York: Andrew Hardwick[71]
- First African-American woman elected mayor of Brentwood, Maryland: Xzavier Montgomery-Wright[72]
2010s
- 2010
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- First African-American woman elected mayor of Fontana, California: Acquanetta Warren[73]
- First African American elected mayor of Columbia, South Carolina: Stephen K. Benjamin
- 2011
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- First African American elected mayor of Jacksonville, Florida: Alvin Brown[74]
- First African-American mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee: Daniel Brown
- First African-American woman elected mayor of Savannah, Georgia: Edna Jackson[75]
- 2012
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- First African-American mayor of Ithaca, New York: Svante Myrick
- First African-American mayor of Antioch, California: Wade Harper[76]
- First African American and first female mayor of Orrville, Alabama: Louvenia Diane Lumpkin[77]
- First African-American mayor of Phenix City, Alabama: Eddie Lowe
- First African-American woman and first woman elected mayor of Gary, Indiana: Karen Freeman-Wilson[78]
- 2013
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- First African-American mayor of Plano, Texas: Harry LaRosiliere
- First African-American mayor of Meridian, Mississippi: Percy Bland
- 2014
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- First African-American Mayor of Quitman, Georgia: James C. Brown III[79]
- First African-American Mayor of Adairsville, Georgia: Kenneth J. Carson
- First African-American female mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and first woman: Toni Harp[80]
- First African-American mayor of Brunswick, Georgia: Cornell Harvey
- First African-American female mayor of San Antonio, Texas: Ivy Taylor[81]
- First African-American woman elected mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana: Ollie Tyler
- First African-American female Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, as well as the first African-American female mayor of any municipality in Bergen County, New Jersey: Lizette Parker[82]
- Second African-American mayor of Rochester, New York: Lovely Warren, also first Female African-American mayor of Rochester.
- 2015
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- First African American and first African-American woman elected mayor of Pearsall, Texas: Mary Moore[83]
- First African American and first African-American woman elected mayor of Conway, South Carolina: Barbara Blain-Bellamy[84]
- First African American elected mayor of Camilla, Georgia: Rufus L Davis II[85]
- First African-American woman elected mayor of Toledo, Ohio: Paula Hicks-Hudson
- First African-American woman and first woman elected mayor of Flint, Michigan: Karen Weaver
- First African American and First African American Woman appointed as Mayor of Grove Hill (Clarke County)Alabama >Cynthia McGill Jackson
- 2016
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- First African American elected mayor in San Diego County and Lemon Grove, California: Racquel Vasquez[86]
- First African-American and first African-American female mayor of Midland City, Alabama: Jo Ann Bennett Grimsley[87]
- First African American elected mayor of Norfolk, Virginia: Kenneth Alexander[88]
- First African American elected mayor of Stockton, California: Michael Tubbs[89]
First African American and First African American Woman to be ELECTED as Mayor of Grove Hill ( Clarke County) Alabama > Cynthia McGill Jackson
- 2017
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- First African American elected mayor of Stamps, Arkansas: Brenda Davis[90]
- First African-American woman elected mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina: Vi Lyles
- First African American elected mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota: Melvin Carter
- First African American elected mayor of Waukegan, Illinois: Sam Cunningham[91]
- First African American elected mayor of Aurora, Illinois: Richard C. Irvin[92]
- First female African American succeeds to the office of mayor of Paterson, New Jersey: Ruby Cotton
- First female African American appointed as mayor of Paterson, New Jersey: Jane Williams-Warren
- First female African American elected as mayor of Kankakee, Illinois: Chastity Wells-Armstrong[93]
- 2018
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- First African American elected mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas: Frank Scott Jr.
- First African American mayor of Brookneal, Virginia: James Nowlin
- First African American mayor of Orange County, Florida: Jerry Demings
- First African American mayor of Helena, Montana: Wilmot Collins[94]
- First appointed African American mayor of Danville, Illinois: Rickey Williams Jr.[95]
- 2019
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- First African American elected Mayor of Manor, Texas: Larry Wallace Jr. [1]
- First African American woman and first openly gay elected Mayor of Chicago: Lori Lightfoot
- First African American mayor of Lewisburg, West Virginia: Beverly White
- First African American elected mayor of Elyria, Ohio: Frank Whitfield[96]
- First African American elected Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama: Steven Reed
- First African American elected mayor of Talladega, Alabama: Timothy Ragland
- First African American elected mayor of Irmo, South Carolina: Barry Walker
- First African American elected mayor of Eastpointe, Michigan: Monique Owens[97]
- First African American elected mayor of New Castle, Pennsylvania: Chris Frye
- First African American elected mayor of Wyoming, Ohio: Thaddeus Hoffmeister
- First African American and elected by popular vote of Camden, Arkansas: Julian Lott and president of Arkansas Black Mayors Association 2020- present
- First elected African American mayor of Danville, Illinois: Rickey Williams Jr.[95]
2020s
- 2020
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- First African American elected mayor of Ferguson, Missouri: Ella Jones
- First African American elected mayor of Lake View, Alabama: Adrain Dudley
- First African American elected mayor of Natchitoches, Louisiana: Ronnie Williams, Jr.
- First African American elected mayor of Tempe, Arizona: Corey Woods[98]
- First elected African American mayor of Williamsport, Pennsylvania: Derek Slaughter[99]
- 2021
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- First African American elected mayor of Alton, Illinois: David Goins[100]
- First African American elected mayor of Bloomington, Illinois: Mboka Mwilambwe[101]
- First African American elected mayor of Calumet City, Illinois: Thaddeus Jones[102]
- First African American and first woman to serve as acting mayor of Boston: Kim Janey (upon the resignation of Marty Walsh to take the position of United States Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet of Joe Biden).[103]
- First African American elected mayor of Kansas City, Kansas: Tyrone Garner
- First African American elected mayor of Libertyville, Illinois: Donna Johnson[104]
- First African American elected mayor of Maplewood, Missouri: Nikylan Knapper[105]
- First African American elected mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Edward C. Gainey
- First African American eleted mayor of Little Elm, Texas: Curtis Cornelious[106]
- First African American woman elected mayor of St. Louis: Tishaura Jones[107]
- First African American elected mayor of Willard, Missouri: Samuel Snider
See also
- List of African-American firsts
- List of African-American U.S. state firsts
- List of African-American United States Cabinet Secretaries
- Timeline of the civil rights movement
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