Tag: Mayor Richard Gordon Hatcher
The Honorable Richard G. Hatcher, the first Black mayor of Gary,...
A little over two months ago dignitaries, community leaders and residents joined the family of former Gary, Indiana, Mayor Richard Gordon Hatcher as Mayor...
Sharpton says Gary needs Civil Rights Hall of Fame
By David Denson, Gary Crusader
Civil Rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton says participating in the 1972 National Black Political Convention was a life changing event.
The...
Statue of Hatcher planned for Gary City Hall
Crusader staff report
Move over Elbert Henry Gary. A statue of the city’s first Black mayor, Richard Gordon Hatcher, will sit yards away from that...
Richard Gordon Hatcher: Courageous, virtuous agent of change
By Vernon A. Williams, Gary Crusader
My first visit to the Gary City Hall came as an eight-year-old on a field trip with Mrs. Rickman’s...
America’s first Black Mayor 50 years later
By Erick Johnson, Gary Crusader
Something magical was in the air on Tuesday, November 7, 1967. Fifty years ago, as fall settled in on a...
Jackson reflects on Hatcher’s legacy
By Chinta Strausberg, Gary Crusader
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. will join scores of Civil Rights leaders and elected officials Saturday to celebrate former Gary...
Mayor Richard Gordon Hatcher earned legendary status
By Vernon A. Williams, Gary Crusader
Who or what determines the legendary status of a human being?
It’s rhetorical. No right or wrong answers. But it...
