Sentences with phrase «black woman mayor»
In 2014, there was only one black woman mayor nationwide: Stephanie Rawlings - Blake, then - mayor of Baltimore.
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If elected, James would be the first black woman mayor of New York City.
«When you do some additional research, Baltimore has actually had three consecutive black women mayors,» Carr said.
Not exact matches
Yes, the citizens of Saratoga Springs elected a token black woman to be their mayor just to have a token minority in their city government.
People with conventional views must repress a gag reflex when considering the mayor - elect of New York — a white man married to a black woman and with two biracial children.
A task force created to figure out what to do with controversial statues and monuments on New York City property — described by the mayor as «symbols of hate» — has recommended only one statue be moved: a monument to J. Marion Sims, a 19th century doctor who developed advances in gynecological surgery by conducting operations on black slave women.
He has a unique perspective, not only the mayor of the nation's largest city, but also as a white man married to a black woman, and the father of two black children.
«Twenty years ago, my dad did not know he was running for mayor and did not seek to marry a black woman to put on display,» Chiara told a crowd of reporters.
Meanwhile, the city released another list of Black supporters to bolster the mayor's case: a group of 28 prominent women, including Whoopi Goldberg, Gloria Steinem and NARAL Pro-Choice New York President Kelli Conlin.
Keisha Lance Bottoms makes history on election night as the second Black woman ever to be elected mayor of Atlanta.
But Lynch went ballistic, accusing de Blasio of throwing officers «under the bus» after the mayor, who is married to a black woman, commented immediately after the verdict that he advises his son, Dante (who is both black and white) to be careful when dealing with law enforcement.
Many major American cities elected African - American mayors for the first time, and in 1972 Shirley Chisholm became the first black person and the first woman to run for the presidential nomination of a major party.