I don't know if he was the first bu David N. Dinkins was one of them and again I don't know if he us the first. :)
Harold Washington was the first African American mayor of Chicago. He replaced Jane Byrne.
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Carl Burton Stokes was the first African American mayor of a major US city. He was elected as mayor in the city of Cleveland, OH in 1968.
First African American and first woman elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota was Sharon Sayles Belton.
W.W. Herenton
To date, I do not believe Tampa has yet to have a black mayor.
He was the first African American mayor of Atlanta
David Dinkins was a mayor for New York City. He was the first African American to be the mayor.
Carl Burton Stokes was the first African American mayor of a major US city. He was elected as mayor in the city of Cleveland, OH in 1968.
1983First African-American elected mayor of Chicago : Harold Washington
David Dinkins.
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