Black mayors across the United States are leading historic reductions in crime, using data, prevention programs, and community partnerships to make cities safer, according to analysis from The ...

Hillsborough’s first Black mayor, who crossed the color line to draw support from white residents while pressing for civil rights and his community’s future, died Thursday at the age of 95.

Robert Major Walker made history in 1988 when he was elected as the first Black mayor of Vicksburg, a Mississippi River town ...

The city of Omaha is set to have its first Black mayor after Democrat John Ewing Jr. defeated incumbent Republican Jean Stothert in Tuesday’s election. In addition to being a historic moment for ...

More Black women have been elected to state legislatures over the last decade, creating a pipeline to Congress and other offices, a new report found.

Black mayor tops list of unjustly arrested in Camilla, Ga.? Move marks the latest chapter in southwest Georgia’s 157-year struggle against systemic voter suppression and judicial complicity.

And now, he has an even closer connection to the region's Black history. " (Eric) is my much younger brother by a year and 16 days," the mayor-elect told KETV Newswatch 7.

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Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves pushed back on any idea of "ulterior motives" and said he will host a District 7 town hall on Aug. 26.

Robert M. Walker, the first Black mayor elected in the City of Vicksburg, has died. The City of Vicksburg made the ...