Frank Melton
 Frank Ervin Melton (March 19 1949 – May 7 2009) was the mayor of Jackson Mississippi United States from 4 July 2005 until his death on 7 May 2009. Melton an African American defeated the city's first black mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. Melton won 63 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary against Johnson who had served two terms. Melton quickly swept into action to rid Jackson of black-on-black drug-related crime improve economic development and improve city infrastructure.