January 30, 1944 Sharon Pratt Kelly, the first African American woman to serve as mayor of a major American city, was born in Washington, D.C. Pratt attended Howard University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1965 and her Juris Doctorate degree in 1968. From 1977 to 1990, she was […]
Archive | January 30, 2014

Sharon Pratt Kelly – January 30th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on January 30, 2014 in African American History, January, Politics
Tags: Howard University, January 30, NAACP
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