James McClinton
...that James McClinton was the first African American mayor of Topeka, Kansas, appointed by the city council in December 2003, but that the electorate of the city passed a referendum the following year to strip the office of political power?
...that <b id="mwBmM"><a href="./James_McClinton" id="mwBmQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="James McClinton">James McClinton</a></b> was the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="./African_American" id="mwBmU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African American">African American</a> <a href="./Mayor" id="mwBmY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mayor">mayor</a> of <a href="./Topeka,_Kansas" id="mwBmc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Topeka, Kansas">Topeka, Kansas</a>, appointed by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./City_council" id="mwBmg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="City council">city council</a> in December <a href="./2003" id="mwBmk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2003">2003</a>, but that the electorate of the city passed a referendum the following year to strip the office of political power?