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Frank Ervin Melton (March 19, 1949 – May 7, 2009) was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, United States, from 4 July 2005 until his death on 7 May 2009. Melton, an African American , defeated the city's first black mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. Melton won 63 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary against Johnson, who had served two terms.
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- Harvey Johnson Jr.
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- Leslie B. McLemore (interim)
Nov 14, 2023 · Frank Melton was a virtual unknown when he arrived in Jackson from Texas in 1984. At 33 years old, he had been picked to run WLBT as the station’s president and CEO, with longtime NAACP leader and state legislator Aaron Henry as chairman. Melton quickly made a name for himself as an outspoken critic of just about anything he disagreed with.
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May 8, 2009 · Mayor Frank E. Melton of Jackson, Miss., died of a heart attack less than two days after he lost his bid for re-election and a week before he was to go on trial.
May 21, 2008 · Frank Melton Melton's Boys Come to His Defense Additional reporting by Ward Schaefer. Three of Mayor Frank Melton's previous mentees, and the mother of another who died more than a decade ago ...
May 7, 2009 · The Associated Press is reporting that Jackson Mayor Frank Melton has died. Shortly before polls closed Tuesday evening around 7 p.m., the mayor went into cardiac arrest at his 2 Carter's Grove ...
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Feb 25, 2009 · The Curious Case Of Frank Melton. The first federal civil-rights trial of Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and his former police bodyguard Michael Recio ended Tuesday in a mistrial; attorneys plan to ...
Jul 23, 2012 · Frank Melton spent his first night as mayor of Jackson, Miss. cruising the city’s poorest neighborhoods in black SWAT-style fatigues with a semiautomatic handgun strapped to the front holster of his bulletproof vest, conducting impromptu traffic stops. The year was 2005, and while Melton’s behavior may have raised an eyebrow in other cities, it was received in the long-troubled capital of ...
