Grapevine
August, 1977
The Second Time AroundFor a black politician to become a big-time mayor, he needs a city with a black majority or near majority. So runs the conventional wisdom in such cities as Atlanta, Newark and Detroit. Not so for Tom Bradley, who was re-elected this spring to a second term as the mayor of Los Angeles, which has less than a 20 percent black population. Bradley won 59 percent of the vote against a field of 11 white candidates, even winning in the conservative, mostly white San Fernando Valle...
