First African-American Mayor for the City of Knoxville
Knoxville City Councilman Daniel T. Brown has always embraced service - as a U.S. Army soldier in Vietnam in 1970, as a 22-year public servant with the U.S. Postal Service, and as an East Knoxville community leader.
But on Jan. 10, 2011, he made Knoxville history.
This was the day that Daniel T. Brown became Knoxville’s first African-American mayor.
The sitting mayor, Bill Haslam, had been elected as Tennessee’s governor two months earlier. At the time, Brown was serving on Council as the representative for the 6th District. Brown was elected by his fellow City Council members to serve out Haslam's unexpired term; he served for 342 days.