On This Date in Minnesota History: November 2

November 2, 1993 – “Sharon Sayles Belton was elected mayor of Minneapolis, the first African American and the first woman to hold the office. She had worked for the State Department of Corrections and as assistant director for the Minnesota Program for Victims of Sexual Assault. She ran on a family-centered platform.”

http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part3.pdf

Sharon Sayles Belton
http://www.blackpast.org/?q=tree/Geography%3A+United+States/Minnesota

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