Occupation – Politician – Mayor
James Robert Ford (1925-2017)
James Robert Ford was a politician, businessman, and the first African American mayor of Tallahassee, Florida. That election also made...
Blessing Adeyemi ‘Yemi’ Mobolade (1979- )
The first Black mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Blessing Adeyemi (popularly known as Yemi) Mobolade was born in Lagos, Nigeria...
Harvey Johnson Jr. (1946- )
Harvey Johnson Jr. is an American politician from Mississippi. He graduated from Rosa A. Temple High School in Vicksburg, Mississippi...
Richard G. Hatcher (1933-2019)
Richard Gordon Hatcher was an American attorney, politician and the first African American mayor of Gary, Indiana. He served in...
William H. Herrington (1950- )
The first African American mayor of Lawrenceville, Virginia, William H. Herrington, was born on August 15, 1950, in Hartsville, South...
Keisha Lance Bottoms (1970- )
Keisha Lance Bottoms is a lawyer, and politician, and the 60th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Bottoms was born on January...
Noel C. Taylor (1924-1998)
Noel C. Taylor became the first African American mayor of Roanoke, Virginia. He held office from 1976 to 1992, and was the city’s...
Celso Pitta (1946-2009)
Celso Roberto Pitta do Nascimento, São Paulo’s first black mayor, was born to a middle-class couple in Rio de Janeiro,...
Thomas L. Purce (1946- )
Thomas “Les” Purce, politician, businessman, educator, university administrator, and grandson of pioneering Black Idahoans, was born on November 13, 1946,...
