Tulsa's newly elected black mayor Monroe Nichols plans …
1 day ago · TULSA, OKLA (KTUL) — While every country voted red on Election Day, Tulsans made history by voting for the city's first black mayor, Monroe Nichols. This historic moment is 103 years after the ...
Supporters of Colorado Springs' Black mayor faked burning cross, …
22 hours ago · Three supporters of Colorado Springs' Black mayor set up a burning cross and spray-painted a racist slur on one of his campaign signs during the 2023 mayoral runoff in an attempt to help then ...
Election results: Tulsa elects first Black mayor Monroe Nichols
Nov 6, 2024 · The win makes Nichols the first Black mayor of Tulsa, which is a significant step in light of the city's legacy of violence toward Black residents. Nichols, a state legislator, received 55.54% of votes cast with Karen Keith, a county commissioner and former local news anchor, receiving 44.46%, according to unofficial results that show 95% of ...
Nichols becomes first Black mayor of Tulsa in ‘historic ... - Yahoo News
Wed, November 6, 2024, 5:42 PM EST · 4 min read. State Rep. Monroe Nichols, D-Tulsa, on Tuesday became the first Black candidate elected as Tulsa mayor. (Photo provided) OKLAHOMA CITY — In a district demolished a century ago in the Tulsa Race Massacre and rebuilt from the rubble, state Rep. Monroe Nichols declared victory as the first Black ...
Locked out of town hall, 1st Black mayor of a small Alabama town ...
Jul 25, 2024 · The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town who had been locked out of town hall by white officials is returning to the job. Mayor Patrick Braxton is being recognized as the mayor of the town of Newbern, under a lawsuit settlement ending a long-running dispute over control of the town government.
Alabama town's first Black mayor, who had been locked out of ... - NBC News
Jun 25, 2024 · NEWBERN, Ala. — The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town, who said white officials locked him out of town hall, will return to the role under the terms of a proposed settlement agreement.
Black mayor of tiny Alabama town says he was ousted by his White ... - CNN
Aug 7, 2023 · Patrick Braxton accomplished something no Black man in his Alabama town had done in its 166-year history: he became mayor. He told CNN he ran for office in 2020 to serve the fewer than 300...
Alabama town's first Black mayor claims he's been locked out ... - ABC News
Sep 6, 2023 · The Black mayor of a tiny Alabama town says he has been blocked from his mayoral duties since 2020 by the town’s white former mayor amid allegations that race has played a role in keeping him out of office.
Black mayors are leading the nation’s biggest cities for ... - POLITICO
Nov 23, 2022 · Eric Adams, Stacey Abrams, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston will all have Black leaders once Karen Bass is sworn in next month as the first woman to serve as chief executive in LA.
First Black Mayor of Newbern, Alabama, Sworn In Four Years …
Sep 19, 2024 · Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor of Newbern, a small town in Alabama’s Black Belt region, has been officially sworn in as mayor after settling a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging the white former mayor and city council members violated the Constitution when they locked him out of the Town Hall and barred him from office.