Coleman Young, the first African American mayor of Detroit, was born in 1918

May 24

On May 24, 1918, Coleman Young was born. 

Coleman Young was the first African American mayor of Detroit, Michigan. He served as mayor from 1974-1994.

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Sources

Branden Hunter. May 24, 2018. (2019, March 7). Coleman A. Young: A history of the people’s mayor. The Michigan Chronicle. https://michiganchronicle.com/2018/05/24/coleman-a-young-a-history-of-the-peoples-mayor/

Encyclopedia of Detroit. Detroit Historical Society – Where the past is present. (n.d.). https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/young-coleman