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YORK, Pa. (AP) - The city of York has elected its first black
mayor, forty years after violent race riots in the central
Pennsylvania town led to the death of a white police officer and a black woman.
Democrat Kim Bracey beat Republican Wendell Banks in Tuesday's general election. Democratic voters in York outnumber Republicans by nearly 2 to 1.
Bracey is the city's former director of community development.
York was the site of weeks of race rioting in 1969 in which a white police officer and black woman were killed. The killings went unsolved for decades.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Pennsylvania town led to the death of a white police officer and a black woman.
Democrat Kim Bracey beat Republican Wendell Banks in Tuesday's general election. Democratic voters in York outnumber Republicans by nearly 2 to 1.
Bracey is the city's former director of community development.
York was the site of weeks of race rioting in 1969 in which a white police officer and black woman were killed. The killings went unsolved for decades.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
