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Frank Ervin Melton (March 19, 1949 – May 7, 2009) [1] 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.
- Ellen Melton
- 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. Frank Melton shortly after his arrival at WLBT in 1984 (WLBT)
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May 21, 2008 · Names of men who were involved in the late and controversial Mayor Frank Melton's universe keep popping up in the convoluted accusations encircling Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler ...
Feb 25, 2009 · 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 discuss a retrial next week.
May 7, 2009 · Thursday, May 7, 2009 6:20am. Local News Nation / world. JACKSON, Miss. — Frank Melton, 60, the mayor of Mississippi’s largest city, died early today, two days after losing a primary re-election...
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Jul 11, 2008 · Frank Melton, the mayor of Jackson, Miss., was elected to office on an anti-crime platform. But now he's the one facing trial: He faces federal civil rights charges in an attack on a suspected...
May 7, 2009 · Jackson, MS Mayor Frank Melton, former CEO/GM of WLBT-TV, collapsed after losing the Democratic primary this week and died early Thursday at a hospital. Melton had suffered from heart disease....
