Jones is also the first woman to lead the Missouri city, which erupted in protests in 2014 after a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, a black teenager. Ella Jones became the first African American and first woman elected mayor in Ferguson, MO, on Tuesday, June 3, 2020, nearly six years after the city erupted in protests when a white police officer shot and … [Read more...] about Ella Jones is elected first Black mayor of Ferguson, MO