Brown Mayors: Unofficial Negro 'Mayors' Elected in Regular Polls and Often Function as Chief Consultants on Racial Affairs for White City Officials.

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Title

Brown Mayors: Unofficial Negro 'Mayors' Elected in Regular Polls and Often Function as Chief Consultants on Racial Affairs for White City Officials.

Subject

Neighborhoods
Politics

Description

Included in listing is Detroit's Chester a Rentie, Mayor of Paradise Valley since 1939, whose "biggest drive has been against crime in the Negro area."

Date

1949

Contributor

Ebony

Format

Magazine

Identifier

1267

Coverage

5:44-48. December 1949.

Citation

“Brown Mayors: Unofficial Negro 'Mayors' Elected in Regular Polls and Often Function as Chief Consultants on Racial Affairs for White City Officials.,” Michigan Black History Bibliography, accessed November 22, 2024, http://mbhb.reuther.wayne.edu/items/show/1361.