The man who will be the first African-American mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, wants his tenure to signal a new narrative for his 200-year-old city, he tells CNN. 'We want to be seen as a part of the New South,' Steven Reed says.
The man who will be Montgomery, Alabama's first African-American mayor wants his tenure to signal a new narrative for his 200-year-old city, he told CNN on Thursday.
"We want to be seen as a part of the New South," Steven Reed told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on"New Day.""We want to turn the page and change the narrative, and that's what this election was about."Reed was born and raised in Montgomery and in 2012 became the first African-American elected as probate judge in Montgomery County. In Tuesday's mayoral runoff, he defeated TV station owner David Woods, who is white.
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Alabama capital elects first black mayor in 200-year historyMontgomery, Alabama, once known as the cradle of the Confederacy and later the birthplace of the civil rights movement, has elected Steven Reed as its first African American mayor in the city's 200-year history.
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‘A historic day’: Montgomery, Alabama, elects its first African-American mayorSteven Reed, the Montgomery County probate judge, beat TV station owner David Woods and will be sworn in as the city&39;s first black mayor Nov. 12.
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Montgomery, Alabama, could elect its first-ever black mayor todayMontgomery County Probate Judge Steven Reed is facing TV station owner David Woods in a mayoral run-off election to take leadership of the majority-black city. If elected, Reed would become the first black mayor of Montgomery since it was founded in 1819.
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Montgomery elects first black mayor in city's 200-year historyThe Alabama city served as the first capital of the Confederate States of America, and about a century and a half later was the site of the historic bus boycott.
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Alabama capital elects first black mayorProbate Judge Steven Reed won Tuesday's runoff election in Montgomery by a wide margin over David Woods, a white businessman.
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