Ferguson, the Missouri city where the death of a black teen Michael Brown set off weeks of nationwide protests and outrage in 2014, elected its first woman and first black mayor Tuesday night, according to local news sources.
show Ella Jones took 54% of the vote in the race for mayor of Ferguson versus Heather Robinett with 46%.
Jones succeeds James Knowles III, who was prohibited by term limits from running for reelection after nine years in office. In 2014, a grand jury declined to indict the white officer who fatally shot the 18-year-old Brown. His family settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Ferguson three years later.
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