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Unique coalition pact gives Cincinnati first black mayor
Cincinnati to install Theodore Berry as mayor under a coalition deal that ends Thomas Luken's mayoralty after one year. Berry, long associated with the Charter party and Democratic support, becomes the first Black mayor of a major U.S. city amid a nine member council split between Democrats Charterites and Republicans.
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