About
Politician and Democrat who was mayor of Springfield, Ohio from 1966 to 1968. He was notably the first African American mayor of an American city.
Before Fame
He attended Wittenberg University in Springfield.
Trivia
He owned and operated a funeral home while he was in politics.
Family Life
He had three children with Betty Jane Scott.
Associated With
After finishing his term as mayor he was selected as a member of a fact-finding commission to Vietnam by Lyndon B. Johnson.
