Nov 23, 2022 · Not only will she be the first woman to lead LA, Bass will complete a rare tetrafecta of sorts: Black mayors will be running the nation’s four largest cities, with the congresswoman joining...

Jan 16, 2024 · As 2024 begins, more Black mayors have emerged on the local political scene. This month Rev. Tassie York took office as Neptune, New Jersey’s first Black woman to be mayor in town history.

Jan 22, 2025 · Black mayors are more likely to push for policies that address these issues head-on, advocating for police accountability, prison reform, and alternatives to mass incarceration.

Today, more than one third of America’s top-100 cities is governed by African Americans, with many mayors being women. Among the best know are Lori Lightfoot (Chicago), London Breed (San Francisco), Keisha Lance Bottoms (Atlanta) and Muriel Bowser (Washington DC).

Thirteen Black mayors, newly elected in the South, were the visionaries who founded the Southern Conference of Black Mayors (SCBM) in 1974. They were elected following enactment of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965.

Nov 17, 2022 · There are seven Black women serving as mayors of the nation’s largest 100 cities, according to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University, which tracks the progress...

Nov 19, 2022 · New York City, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles will each be helmed by Black leaders after Rep. Karen Bass is sworn in as Los Angeles’ 43rd mayor — the first woman and second African American...

Aug 10, 2023 · Forty years after Harold Washington, Chicago’s first Black mayor, famously declared that “it’s our turn,” Black leaders are in charge of the nation’s biggest cities: New York and Washington,...

Feb 21, 2023 · New York, Los Angeles and Chicago each went more than 30 years between electing their first Black mayor and the second; Houston went nearly two decades.

Feb 1, 2025 · The mayor’s running as a Black mayor, the second in the city, gave her some pride and influenced her vote in 2021, she said. But now, in light of her business’s struggles and his public ...