North Elmsford Civic Association, Inc.
273 Abbott Ave
Elmsford, NY
Tel. (914) 720-9006
Email: NECA10523@Yahoo.com
Today In History
- In 1989- David Dinkins elected 1st Black mayor of New York City
- In 1989- L. Douglas Wilder elected Governor of Virginia
- In 2017- Justin Fairfax elected VA Lieut. Governor, becoming 2nd African American to win statewide seat
- In 2017- New Jersey elected Sheila Oliver as its first female African-American lieutenant governor
- In 2017- Vi Lyles was elected as Charlotte, North Carolina’s first female African-American mayor
- In 2017- Yvonne Spicer was elected the first mayor of the city of Framingham, Massachusetts
- In 2017- Wilmot Collins elected mayor in Helena, Montana, becoming the first Black mayor in Montana history
- In 2017- Voters in St. Paul, Minn., made history by electing Melvin Carter as the city’s first African-American mayor.
- In 2017- Jonathan McCollar elected as the first African-American mayor of Statesboro, Ga,
- In 2017- Brendon Barber, a Georgetown, S.C. city councilman since 1998, will become the city’s first ever African-American mayor.
To Inspire You
Know just what any people will quietly submit to and you will know the exact measure of wrong or injustice that will be imposed upon them
Frederick Douglass
