1.   The first black mayor of the city once represented progress, enthusiasm and verve.

2.   An incumbent black mayor of a major black-majority American city has never been upset by a white opponent.

3.   And he is white in a majority-black city now enjoying its first black mayor, who is seeking a third term.

4.   And now, Stone Mountain has elected a black mayor.

5.   And the city has had a female and two black mayors.

6.   And some people here also suggest that racial tensions at work, as Williams is the first black mayor from either side.

7.   At the time the senator accused Gantt, the first black mayor of Charlotte, of supporting racial quotas and criticized him for raising campaign money in gay bars.

8.   Blacks and Hispanics united to elect the late Harold Washington, the first black mayor of Chicago.

9.   A similar coalition later elected David Dinkins, the first and only black mayor of New York.

10.   A white mayor following a black mayor in a two-thirds black city is news.