&quot;She Has to Bone Up as New Head of Leighton&quot;, 1984

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Title: "She Has to Bone Up as New Head of Leighton", 1984
Date: 1984
Decade: 1980-1989
Description: Renita Jimmar, a 23-year-old supervisor for American Telephone and Telegraph, became Leighton's first Black mayor-elect after winning the July 10 election with 230 votes, defeating the incumbent Eugene Boatwright, and plans to work on improving the town's recreational facilities for young people and obtaining federal funds for housing, water, and sewer improvements. 1 page.
Subject: African American mayors
African Americans--Social conditions
Voting
African Americans--Civil rights
Document Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Medium: newspaper clippings
Collection: Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Finding Aid: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1708
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