I saw this tweet recently that said Newton, MA was the only city to have an African-American Mayor, Governor AND President. We are making history!
And I think they are all Firsts!
First Black President: Barack Obama
image from Barack Obama Biography
First Black Governor of Massachusetts: Deval Patrick.
The first African-American Governor was Douglas Wilder of Virginia in 1990.
image from DC Clothesline
First Black Mayor of Newton, MA: Setti Warren
The first African-American mayor was Pierre Caliste Landry of Donaldsonville, Louisiana in 1868.
image from Talking Points.
AND, the three of them together making history!
image from Wicked Local
