- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "She Has to Bone Up as New Head of Leighton", 1984
- Date of Original:
- 1984
- Subject:
- African American mayors
African Americans--Social conditions
Voting
African Americans--Civil rights - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- newspaper clippings
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Renita Jimmar, a 23-year-old supervisor for American Telephone and Telegraph, became Leighton's first Black mayor-elect after winning the July 10 election with 230 votes, defeating the incumbent Eugene Boatwright, and plans to work on improving the town's recreational facilities for young people and obtaining federal funds for housing, water, and sewer improvements. 1 page.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1708
- Rights Holder:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: achives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Original Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076 - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
