List of mayors of Tuskegee, Alabama explained

Mayors of Tuskegee, Alabama include:

• J. R. Wood^[1]
• Joseph Oswalt Thompson^[2]
• William Varner 1916 to 1919^[3]
• Robert Fulwood Ligon^[4]
• Philip M. Lightfoot^[5] defendant in a gerrymandering case after the state legislature redrew city boundaries to exclude African Americans. Case was brought by Charles Goode Gomillion as plaintiff and was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court against the gerrymandering.^[6] The case established a basis for the Voting Rights Act.^[7]
• Johnny Ford, first African American mayor
• Lucenia Williams Dunn, an African American, was elected in 2000 and was the first woman to serve as mayor of Tuskegee^[8]
• Lawrence F. Haygood Jr (2016–present)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alabama Laws (and Joint Resolutions) of the Legislature of Alabama. July 6, 1901. Google Books. Alabama.
2. Web site: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Thomas McAdory. Owen. July 6, 1921. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. Google Books.
3. Web site: The American Bar. July 6, 1921. J.C. Fifield Company. Google Books.
4. Web site: Who's who in Finance, Banking, and Insurance. July 6, 1911. Who's Who in Finance, Incorporated (N.Y.). Google Books.
5. Web site: Alabama Local Government Journal. July 6, 1954. Google Books.
6. Book: Taper, Bernard. Gomillion Versus Lightfoot: The Tuskegee Gerrymander Case. April 7, 2017. Pickle Partners Publishing. 9781787204119. Google Books.
7. Web site: Gomillion v. Lightfoot. 2021-07-13. Encyclopedia of Alabama. en.
8. Web site: Alumna, mayor speaks. Mike. Maslanik. October 28, 2003.