[trumandogz]

Unless California is not in America, I believe Tom Bradley was Mayor of Los Angeles before Washington was Mayor of Chicago.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Carl B. Stokes is best known for being Cleveland's 51st mayor -- the first African-American mayor of a major United States city. He was also a soldier, a lawyer, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, a broadcaster, a judge, a father, brother to a Congressman, and a US Ambassador.

http://cleveland.about.com/od/famousclevelanders/p/carlstokes.htm

Since you are so fond of sources.

[hoosiermama]

Your source????? and you get the A+ otherwise it’s just an “A”

Thomas J. “Tom” Bradley (December 29, 1917 – September 29, 1998) was a five-term mayor of Los Angeles, California, serving in that office from 1973 to 1993. He was the first and to date only African American mayor of Los Angeles. His 20 years in office mark the longest tenure by any mayor in the city’s history

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Harold Washington (April 15, 1922–November 25, 1987) was an American lawyer and politician who became the first African American Mayor of Chicago, serving from 1983 until his death in 1987.