Jul 13, 2008
Cambridge makes history
This Eastern Shore city has elected its first African-American mayor, four decades after images of an angry clash here between black protesters and white police played across the nation's television screens.
Victoria Jackson-Stanley, deputy director of the Dorchester County Department of Social Services, said her victory over two-term incumbent Cleveland Rippons left her humbled at breaking racial and gender barriers.
'As a woman and an African-American, I'm overwhelmed,' said Jackson-Stanley, 54. 'I think it shows just how much things have changed in Cambridge since the 1960s.'
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