What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall.

Henry was the first African-American mayor of any U. S. His victory two years later drew national attention as he was the first African-American mayor of one of the ten biggest cities in the United States.

S. city (Springfield elected 1966). Elected on November 7 1967 but taking office on January 1 1968 he was the first African-American mayor of a major U.