Photo of the first-elected members of DC City Council and Walter Washington, the first-elected mayor (center, front row), 1975.
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - Walter Washington, Mayor-Commissioner
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - Walter Washington, Mayor-Commissioner
Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - Walter Washington, Mayor-Commissioner
Walter Washington (1915-2003) became the first African American mayor of a major American city, and the first mayor in DC since 1871 when President Lyndon Johnson appointed him to the position in 1967. Washington served as mayor-commissioner from…