Politicians – Democratic Party
James Perkins Jr. (1953- )
James Perkins Jr. became the first African American mayor of Selma, Alabama on September 13, 2000. Perkins was born on...
January 17th, 2025
Douglas Palmer (1951- )
Douglas Palmer, the first Black mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, was born Douglas Harold Palmer on October 19, 1951, in...
January 17th, 2025
James Young (1955- )
James Young is the first African American mayor of the small town of Philadelphia, Mississippi, a considerable achievement considering Philadelphia’s...
January 17th, 2025
Kenneth E. Reeves (1951- )
Kenneth E. Reeves, the first African American Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was born Kenneth Errol Reeves in Detroit, Michigan, on...
January 17th, 2025
Rex Richardson (1983- )
The first African American mayor of Long Beach, California, Rex Richardson was born at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois...
January 16th, 2025
William A. Johnson, Jr. (1942- )
William A. Johnson Jr., the first African American mayor of Rochester, New York, was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on August...
January 13th, 2025
Alvin A. Brown (1961- )
Alvin A. Brown, the first African American mayor of Jacksonville, Florida was born on December 15, 1961, in Beaufort, South...
January 13th, 2025
Howard Nathaniel Lee (1934- )
Howard Nathaniel Lee made history in 1969 as the first African American to be elected mayor of any majority-white city...
November 29th, 2024
Cavalier Johnson (1986- )
Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s first African American Mayor, Cavalier Johnson was born in the city on November 5, 1986, to Denise Hardwick-Townsend....
February 15th, 2024