'It's about damn time': Black women mayors a rising force in U.S. cities

The chant that greeted Mary Sheffield on Detroit's primary election night rang true Tuesday: "First female mayor! First female mayor!"

Detroit ― one of the country's Blackest cities ― finally joined Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia and others in elevating its first Black woman to be mayor, with Sheffield defeating Solomon Kinloch 77%-22.5% in Tuesday's election, according to the unofficial returns .