Word: gantt
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...perhaps the most heartening black mayoral success was that of Democrat Harvey Gantt in Charlotte, N.C., where just one in four voters is black. He took 40% of the white vote; the election was almost entirely free of racial animosity. Said Gantt: "We ought to be able to go out and recruit industry on the basis that we have such racial harmony." Indeed, only in Los Angeles has a big-city black mayor won a larger share of the white vote...
This is the second time Gantt, 40, has stood as a symbol of racial progress. Twenty years ago, the color barrier was peacefully broken at South Carolina's Clemson University when he became the first black student. A practicing architect with a master's degree in city planning from M.I.T., he served on the Charlotte city council, leading a drive to revitalize Charlotte's inner city. "Businessmen are attracted to Harvey's intellect," says Banker Hugh McColl Jr., who plays tennis on Gantt's own court. "He's no firebrand. He's very...
...mayors also said that the K-School conference provided an opportunity to most their colleagues in other cities. "I want to be able to call up the mayor of Denver and ask him how he settled a garbage strike," said Harvey Gantt of Charlotte...
...Dave Gantt...