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Richard Gordon Hatcher (July 10, 1933 – December 13, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as the first African-American mayor of Gary, Indiana, for 20 years, from 1968 to 1988.
Dec 14, 2019 · Richard G. Hatcher, one of the nation’s first big-city black mayors who in two decades leading Gary, Ind., sought vainly to stem its poverty and blight while championing cities and blacks ...
Jan 19, 2022 · Richard Gordon Hatcher was an American attorney, politician and the first African American mayor of Gary, Indiana. He served in that post for 20 years from 1968 to 1988. Hatcher was born on July 10, 1933, in Michigan City, Indiana.
Mar 23, 2008 · Richard Gordon Hatcher, the first African American mayor of Gary, Indiana and one of the first African Americans to serve as mayor of a major city, was born on July 10, 1933, in Michigan City, Indiana.
Dec 14, 2019 · Former Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher, who became one of the first black mayors of a big U.S. city when he was elected in 1967, has died. He was 86. Hatcher died Friday night at a Chicago hospital...
Dec 14, 2019 · Richard Gordon Hatcher, the first black mayor of Gary, died Friday night at 86, according to his family. Hatcher, who was the city’s mayor for 20 years after winning a pivotal election not...
Dec 20, 2019 · Richard Gordon Hatcher, former mayor of Gary, Indiana, and first African American mayor of a major American city, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2019. He was born and raised in Michigan...
