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Jerome Patrick Cavanagh (June 16, 1928 – November 27, 1979) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1962 to 1970. Initially a popular figure, his reputation was seriously damaged by the city's 1967 riots, the most destructive of any U.S. city that decade.
Jerome Cavanagh (16 juin 1928 - 27 novembre 1979) est un avocat et homme politique américain d'origine irlandaise. Élu maire de Détroit au Michigan en 1962, il subit les contrecoups des émeutes de 1967 à Détroit.
DETROIT, Nov. 27 — Jerome P. Cavanagh, who rose to national prominence as Mayor of Detroit in the 1960's, died today in Lexington, Ky., of an apparent heart attack. He was 51 years old.
Despite being hailed as a “model city” by media pundits and politicians for the progressive politics of its white mayor, Jerome Cavanagh, African-American residents suffered from much of the...
30 juil. 2017 · Cavanagh, the precocious eldest son of former Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, was a month shy of turning 14 when the 1967 riot began on a hot July night.
23 juil. 2017 · Gov. George Romney, center, confers with Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, right, of Detroit as National Guardsmen standby in a part of Detroit that was ravaged by rioters, July 24, 1967.
On November 7, 1961, when Jerome Cavanagh won the mayoral election of Detroit, many people were shocked. Cavanaugh ran as the antithesis of the Republican incumbent, Louis Miriani. He was a young, liberal Democrat, a supporter of civil rights reforms, and he advocated for better police and community relations.
