Alabama's capital of Montgomery and the birthplace of the civil rights movement has never had a black mayor. But two centuries since the city's founding, Montgomery County probate judge Steven Reed won a mayoral runoff election, unofficial results show.
Montgomery, Alabama In the two centuries since its founding, Alabama's capital of Montgomery and the birthplace of the civil rights movement has never had a black mayor.
That changed Tuesday when Montgomery County probate judge Steven Reed won a runoff election to become the first black mayor of the city founded in 1819. He defeated television station owner David Woods by more than 16,000 votes."Let the record show tonight, above all ...
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