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Pierre Caliste Landry

Born enslaved in Ascension Parish, Pierre Caliste Landry became the first Black mayor in the United States in 1868.

Pierre Caliste Landry

Courtesy of Amistad Research Center

Pierre Caliste Landry.

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Courtesy of Amistad Research Center
Collection Dunn-Landry Papers
Date 1904
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