James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (died 2002)

Jim Usry

American basketball player and politician (1922–2002)

James Leroy Usry was the first African-American Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was also a professional basketball player.

African Americans

Ethnic and cultural group in the United States

African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group who as defined by the United States census, consists of Americans who have ancestry from "any of the Black populations of Africa". African Americans…

Mayors of Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey, was incorporated on May 1, 1854. It is governed within the Faulkner Act under the mayor–council system of municipal government, implemented by direct petition effective as of July 1, 1982. The Atlantic City City Council is the governing body of…

Atlantic City, New Jersey

City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, US

Atlantic City, sometimes referred to by its initials A.C., is a Jersey Shore seaside resort city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.