Black Mayor in Los Angeles
Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright» f LOS ANGELES. May 30. ] Mr Thomas Bradley, son of poor black Texas sharecrop- < pers, has been elected the ' .first black Mayor of Los , Angeles. The former policeman beat ' I the incumbent, Mr Sam Yoi-|j |ty, the man he lost to in the j i last Mayoral election, to take * jover leadership of America’s ; 'third largest city. Los Angeles followed Cleve- (! land (Ohio), Gary (Indiana), i and Newark (New Jersey) in ' 'electing black Mayors. But unlike the other three < cities which have large black ' populations, blacks form only } .15 per cent of the Los An- ; geles electorate and Mr Brad- ;j Iley had to count heavily onj; I white support. I]
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33241, 2 June 1973, Page 19
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