Richard Hatcher, First African-American Mayor of Gary Indiana Dies during 86

On Dec. 14, 2019, a initial African-American mayor of Gary, Indiana has died. He was a initial African-American mayor of a vast city in a United States.

In October, Richard Hatcher had a statue erected in his honor. It stands outward City Hall in Gary, Indiana where Hatcher served 5 terms as mayor after he done story in a Nov 1967 election.

Hatcher was 86 years aged when he upheld away.

While Hatcher was mayor, a Genesis Convention Center was constructed. Additionally, he saw a city remove jobs in a steel attention and witnessed an boost in crime.

Hatcher was innate in Michigan City, Indiana and he was a son of bureau workers. Before he entered into politics, he attended Indiana University and law school.

The government cost $80,000 and is a multiple of limestone and bronze. The correspondence captures him in mid-stride during his ancestral campaign.

By Jeanette Vietti

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ABC 7 News: Statue of ancestral former Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher

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