Willie Brown (politician)
Willie Lewis Brown Jr. (born March 20, 1934) is an American politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Brown was in the California State Assembly for thirty years, spending 15 years as its speaker and later as the 41st mayor of San Francisco.
Brown was the first African American Mayor of San Francisco.
The San Francisco Chronicle called Brown "one of San Francisco's most famous mayors" who had "celebrity beyond the city's boundaries."
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1934 births
Living people
Mayors of San Francisco
Politicians from Texas
Democratic Party (United States) politicians
20th-century American politicians
21st-century American politicians
African American politicians