An Almost Complete List of Black Women Mayors
I see Black girl magic sprinkled all across the United States, as we are taking the lead in helping our communities!As a woman of color, it does my heart good to see women who look like me running for office and actually winning! As this year has been unofficially claimed as the 'Year of the Black Woman Mayor,' my curiosity was peaked to see just how many Black women hold the mayoral office across the states and ultimately, the very thing every woman always wants to know.... what do they look like.
Below is our 'Almost Complete List of Black Women Mayors'.
1. Mayor-Elect Keisha Bottoms of Atlanta, GA
2. Mayor Ollie S. Tyler City of Shreveport, LA
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3. Mayor-Elect Latoya Cantrell of New Orleans, LA
4.Mayor Sharon Weston Broome of Baton Rouge, LA
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5. Mayor Vi Lyles City of Charlotte, NC
Vi Lyles (@vilylesclt)will be the first African American woman elected as Charlotte's mayor. Girl, you are literally a piece of history. Congrats, Vi! #GirlsLikeMeInc #GLM #GoGirlGo #GoandDream http://www.girlslikemeinc.com #vilyles #firstAfricanAmerican #charlotte #nc #mayor A post shared by Girls Like Me, Inc. (@girlslikemeinc) on
6. Mayor Catherine Pugh of Baltimore, MD
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7. Mayor Aja Brown of Compton, CA
8. Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson of Gary, IN
9. Mayor Muriel Bower of the District of Columbia
10. Mayor London Breed of San Fransico, CA
11. Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson of Toledo,OH
12. Mayor Lovely a Warren of Rochester, NY
13. Mayor Marilyn Strickland of Tacoma, WA
Marilyn Strickland has been mayor of Tacoma for the past five years. A Tacoma-born graduate of Mount Tahoma High School, she earned degrees from UW and Clark Atlanta University. "I guarantee you I will never love a job more than I love being the mayor of my hometown." -Mayor Strickland. Read our interview with the Mayor in the Feb/March #interviewissue A post shared by South Sound Magazine (@southsoundmagazine) on
14.Mayor Acquanetta Warren of Fontana, CA
15.Mayor Toni Harp of New Haven, CT
16.Mayor Dr. Karen Weaver of Flint, MI
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17.Mayor Dana Redd of Camden, NJ
Not pictured but still honorable: Mayor Merl Craft of Pittsburg, CA; Mayor Shelli Freeland Eddie of Sarasota, Fl; Mayor Coral Evans of Flagstaff, AZ; Mayor Dorothy Hubbard of Albany, GA; Mayor E. Denise Simmons of Cambridge, MA; Mayor Tasha Cerda of Gardena, CA; Mayor Deirdre Waterman Pontiac, MI; Mayor Cheryl Stephens Cleveland Heights, OH; Mayor Deanna Reed of Harrisonburg, VA; Mayor Curtistene Smith McCowan of Desoto, TX; Mayor Shirley Washington of Pine Bluff, AR; Mayor Kim Bracey of York, PA;
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