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Douglas Dollarhide (March 11, 1923 – June 28, 2008) was an American politician, notable for serving as the first
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mayor of Compton, California.


Biography

Douglas F. Dollarhide witnessed first hand the transformation of
Compton, California Compton is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated south of downtown Los Angeles. Compton is one of the oldest cities in the county and, on May 11, 1888, was the eighth city in Los Angeles County to incorporat ...
from a predominantly white Los Angeles suburb into one of the most heavily concentrated
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communities in the
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. He was elected to the City Council in 1963, becoming its first
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member. In 1969, Dollarhide made history again, when he became the first black mayor of
Compton Compton may refer to: Places Canada * Compton (electoral district), a former Quebec federal electoral district * Compton (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district now part of Mégantic-Compton * Compton, Que ...
. After his election crime rose and property values declined throughout Compton. He was defeated for reelection in 1973. Compton's Dollarhide Neighborhood Center is named after him. Dollarhide died on June 28, 2008, aged 85, at his home in Northridge in the
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.


See also

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List of first African-American mayors The first African American mayors were elected during Reconstruction in the Southern United States beginning about 1867. African Americans in the South were also elected to many local offices, such as sheriff or Justice of the Peace, and state ...


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African Americans in California
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