Michael Brown USA county St. Louis reports shootings Elections and Michael Brown USA county St. Louis

Ella Jones Makes History as Ferguson's First Black and First Female Mayor

Reading now: 457
www.glamour.com

Ella Jones, 65, was elected mayor of on June 2—and in doing so, she made history. Not only is she the first African-American to hold the office, she is also the first woman.

Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis, made national headlines in August 2014 when protests and riots broke out following the fatal shooting of a Black teenager named Michael Brown by a white police officer.

Though existed before Ferguson, the demonstrations there raised the national profile of the movement and its activists.Jones, a member of the Ferguson City Council, defeated fellow Councilwoman Heather Robinett with 56% of the vote, according to the . “It’s just our time,” she told the paper.

Read more on glamour.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA