A female black-American has made history in Ferguson, Missouri, United States. the woman identified as Ella Jones has become the first African-American and 1st woman to be elected mayor in Ferguson.

The 65-year-old woman was elected mayor on Tuesday, June 2. Ella Jones has made history by becoming the first African- American and 1st woman to be elected mayor in Ferguson, Missouri. She was elected mayor on Tuesday, June 2, nearly six years after the city erupted in protests after a white policeman shot and killed Michael Brown, a black teenager,New York Times reports.

It was gathers that after her victory, the 65-year-old woman promised to work hard because more would be required of her. She said: 'I’ve got work to do — because when you are an African- American woman, they require more of you than they require of my counterpart.'

In other news, A Nigerian lady, Chika Stacy Oriuwa, has made the Nation really proud as she graduated from the University of Toronto (UT) school and have become a medical doctor. Oriuwa was the sole black student out of a category of 259 students when she enrolled at UT in 2016, CBC reports.

On Tuesday, June 2, the student did not only graduate as the best student but was the school's valedictorian, making her the 2nd black person to own that feat since the inception of the University. She was the first black student in 14 years with the honour. In 1992, Dr Kristine Whiteheads, a present practitioner in Ottawa, was the first black individual with the honour.


'I am extremely pleased to see that Dr. Oriuwa has been recognized by her peers, it's an incredible honour,' Whitehead recognizes Oriuwa’s feat. The Nigerian said that she considers it a great privilege to study medicine, saying that it's also an enormous responsibility to be a doctor. In speaking about her journey as a person of colour, she stressed the requirement for black students to own a robust sense of self in their academic pursuit.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/06/03/ferguson-elects-first-black-and-woman-mayor-in-its-history/