On This Day In Black History Dec 12 - Willie Brown

December 12 1995 – Willie Brown defeats incumbent mayor Frank Jordan to become 1st African American mayor of San Francisco 1963 – Kenya proclaimed independent. 1938 – U.S. Supreme Court rules in Missouri that a state must provide equal educational facilities for Blacks within its boundaries.

Willie Lewis Brown Jr. (born March 20, 1934) is an American retired politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as mayor of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004, the first African American to hold that office.

Born in Mineola, Texas, where he graduated from high school, Brown moved to San Francisco in 1951.

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