LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Six decades after it was the center of a school
desegregation fight, Little Rock may be on the verge of electing its first
African-American mayor.
Frank Scott, a 35-year-old banking executive, may break that barrier in the
Dec. 4th runoff election. Scott is running against Baker Kurrus, a 64-year-old
white attorney and businessman, in the race for the nonpartisan seat.
Race remains a dividing line in Little Rock long after the 1957 Central High
School desegregation . The city’s police department faces questions about its
tactics, and the predominantly black Little Rock School District has been under
state control for the past three years.
Little Rock has had two black mayors, but they were elected city directors
chosen for the job by fellow board members.
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