2010 • First African-American woman to be elected mayor of
Fontana, California: • First African American to be elected mayor of
Columbia, South Carolina:
Stephen K. Benjamin • First African American to be elected mayor of
Bridgeton, New Jersey: Albert B. Kelly • First African American to be elected
Mayor of
Lakeland, Florida:
Gow Fields • First African American elected to serve as mayor of
York, Pennsylvania:
C. Kim Bracey • First appointed African American mayor of
Roxboro, North Carolina: Samuel Spencer • First appointed African American mayor of
East Chicago, Indiana: Anthony Copeland
2011 • First African American to be elected mayor of
Jacksonville, Florida:
Alvin Brown • First African-American mayor of
Knoxville, Tennessee:
Daniel Brown • First African-American woman to be elected mayor of
Savannah, Georgia:
Edna Jackson 2012 • First African-American mayor of
Ithaca, New York:
Svante Myrick • First African-American mayor of
Antioch, California:
Wade Harper • First African-American and first female mayor of
Orrville, Alabama: Louvenia Diane Lumpkin • First African-American mayor of
Phenix City, Alabama:
Eddie Lowe • First African-American woman and first woman to be elected mayor of
Gary, Indiana:
Karen Freeman-Wilson • First African American mayor of
High Point, North Carolina:
Bernita Sims • First African American woman elected mayor of
Albany, Georgia:
Dorothy Hubbard 2013 • First African-American mayor of
Plano, Texas:
Harry LaRosiliere • First African-American mayor of
Meridian, Mississippi:
Percy Bland • First African-American mayor of
Hawthorne, California:
Chris Brown • First African-American woman mayor of
Broward County, Florida:
Barbara Sharief 2014 • First African-American mayor of
Quitman, Georgia: James C. Brown III • First African-American mayor of
Adairsville, Georgia: Kenneth J. Carson • First African-American female mayor of
New Haven, Connecticut, and first woman:
Toni Harp • First African-American mayor of
Brunswick, Georgia:
Cornell Harvey • First African-American female mayor of
San Antonio, Texas:
Ivy Taylor • First African-American woman to be elected mayor of
Shreveport, Louisiana: Ollie Tyler • First African-American female
Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, as well as the first African-American female mayor of any municipality in
Bergen County, New Jersey:
Lizette Parker •
First African-American female mayor of
Rochester, New York:
Lovely Warren, also second African-American mayor of Rochester. • First African-American mayor of
Linden, New Jersey: Derek Armstead • First African-American mayor of
Purcellville, Virginia: Kwasi Fraser
2015 • First African American and first African-American woman to be elected mayor of
Pearsall, Texas: Mary Moore • First African American and first African-American woman to be elected mayor of
Conway, South Carolina: Barbara Blain-Bellamy • First African American to be elected mayor of
Camilla, Georgia: Rufus L Davis II • First African American to be elected mayor of
Fayetteville, Georgia:
Edward J Johnson Jr • First African-American woman to be elected mayor of
Toledo, Ohio:
Paula Hicks-Hudson • First African-American woman and first woman to be elected mayor of
Flint, Michigan:
Karen Weaver • First African American and first African-American woman to be appointed as mayor of
Grove Hill, Alabama: Cynthia McGill Jackson • First woman and fifth African-American mayor of
Flint, Michigan:
Karen Weaver 2016 • First African American to be elected mayor in
San Diego County and
Lemon Grove, California: • First African-American and first African-American female mayor of
Midland City, Alabama: Jo Ann Bennett Grimsley • First African American to be elected mayor of
Norfolk, Virginia:
Kenneth Alexander • First African American to be elected mayor of
Stockton, California:
Michael Tubbs • First African American and first African-American woman to be elected as mayor of
Grove Hill, Alabama: Cynthia McGill Jackson • First African American to be elected as mayor of
Flagstaff, Arizona:
Coral Evans • First African-American mayor of
Abilene, Texas:
Anthony Williams • First African-American mayor of
Santa Cruz, California:
Martine Watkins, also first biracial mayor • First African-American woman to serve as mayor-president of
Baton Rouge,
Louisiana:
Sharon Weston Broome 2017 • First African American elected mayor of
Stamps, Arkansas: Brenda Davis • First African-American woman to be elected mayor of
Charlotte, North Carolina:
Vi Lyles • First African American to be elected mayor of
St. Paul, Minnesota:
Melvin Carter • First African American to be elected mayor of
Waukegan, Illinois:
Sam Cunningham • First African American to be elected mayor of
Aurora, Illinois:
Richard Irvin • First African American female to be elected mayor of
Broadview, Illinois:
Katrina Thompson • First African-American woman to succeed to the office of mayor of
Paterson, New Jersey: Ruby Cotton • First African-American and first female mayor of
Mound City, Illinois: Allison Madison • First African-American woman to be appointed as mayor of
Paterson, New Jersey:
Jane Williams-Warren • First African-American woman to be elected as mayor of
Kankakee, Illinois:
Chastity Wells-Armstrong • First African-American mayor of
Gardena, California: Tasha Cerda, also the first native American mayor in the state of California • First African-American mayor of
Pelahatchie, Mississippi and first African-American mayor in
Rankin County, Mississippi: Ryshonda Harper Beechem
2018 • First African American to be elected mayor of
Little Rock, Arkansas:
Frank Scott Jr. • First African-American mayor of
Brookneal, Virginia: James Nowlin • First African-American mayor of
Orange County, Florida:
Jerry Demings • First African-American mayor of
Helena, Montana:
Wilmot Collins • First African American to be appointed mayor of
Danville, Illinois:
Rickey Williams Jr. • First African-American mayor of
Bridgeport, Pennsylvania: Mark Barbee • First African-American mayor of
Lathrup Village, Michigan: Mykale (Kelly) Garrett • First African-American mayor of
Hercules, California: Dion Bailey • First African-American woman
mayor of New Orleans:
LaToya Cantrell • First African-American woman mayor of
San Francisco:
London Breed • First African-American woman to be a popularly elected mayor in Massachusetts when inaugurated as mayor of
Framingham, Massachusetts:
Yvonne M. Spicer 2019 • First African American to be elected
Mayor of Manor, Texas: Larry Wallace Jr. • First African-American woman and first openly gay person to be elected
Mayor of Chicago:
Lori Lightfoot • First African-American mayor of
Lewisburg, West Virginia: Beverly White • First African American to be elected mayor of
Elyria, Ohio: Frank Whitfield • First African American to be elected
Mayor of
Montgomery, Alabama:
Steven Reed • First African American to be elected mayor of
Talladega, Alabama: Timothy Ragland • First African American to be elected mayor of
Irmo, South Carolina: Barry Walker • First African American to be elected mayor of
Eastpointe, Michigan:
Monique Owens • First African American to be elected mayor of
New Castle, Pennsylvania: Chris Frye • First African American to be elected mayor of
Wyoming, Ohio: Thaddeus Hoffmeister • First African-American mayor of, and first mayor elected by popular vote in,
Camden, Arkansas: Julian Lott (also president of Arkansas Black Mayors Association 2020–present) • First African American to be elected mayor of
Danville, Illinois:
Rickey Williams Jr. • First African American appointed mayor of
Centralia, Illinois: Herb Williams • First African-American mayor of
Forest Park, Illinois:
Rory Hoskins ==2020s==