Montgomery, Ala., a city known as the birthplace of the civil rights movement, just elected its first Black mayor, Judge Steven Reed. Montgomery is a majority-black city but had been one of three cities with a population over 100,000 in the Deep South that had never elected a Black mayor,…
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First Openly Gay Black Woman Elected as Chicago’s Mayor
Democrat Lori Lightfoot has made history as the first Black woman and the first openly gay person to be Chicago’s mayor. Lightfoot is only the second woman to lead the city. Chicago will be the largest U.S. city that has a Black woman as mayor once Lightfoot is officially sworn…