Ferguson, Missouri, the city where protests helped propel the Black Lives Matter movement into a nationwide crusade, elected its first Black mayor Tuesday night.
In 2015, she became the first Black woman to serve on the Ferguson City Council.
Despite the Black community making up nearly 70% of Ferguson’s population, the city’s government and police force were largely white at the time.
Jones joined the city government just months after the 2014 death of Michael Brown, a Black teenager gunned down by a white police officer.
His death sparked nationwide protests over police brutality and helped put the Black Lives Matter movement on the map.
