![May 1973 - Tom Bradley Elected L.A. Mayor; 1st Black Mayor of a Major U.S. City | KCET 50th Anniversary | KCET May 1973 - Tom Bradley Elected L.A. Mayor; 1st Black Mayor of a Major U.S. City | KCET 50th Anniversary | KCET](https://static.kcet.kcet.production.k2.m1.brightspot.cloud/dims4/default/f1bdb97/2147483647/strip/true/crop/950x534+0+33/resize/1200x675!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkcet-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkl%2Ffiles%2Fthumbnails%2Fimage%2Fmayor-tom-bradley.jpg)
May 1973 - Tom Bradley Elected L.A. Mayor; 1st Black Mayor of a Major U.S. City | KCET 50th Anniversary | KCET
![LAX Airport on Twitter: "#DYK: Tom Bradley International Terminal (#TBIT) is named after the 38th Mayor of #LA. During his 20 yrs in office, Mayor Bradley pushed for expansion of #LAX and LAX Airport on Twitter: "#DYK: Tom Bradley International Terminal (#TBIT) is named after the 38th Mayor of #LA. During his 20 yrs in office, Mayor Bradley pushed for expansion of #LAX and](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DV4kQ8-U8AEIB11.jpg)
LAX Airport on Twitter: "#DYK: Tom Bradley International Terminal (#TBIT) is named after the 38th Mayor of #LA. During his 20 yrs in office, Mayor Bradley pushed for expansion of #LAX and
![Tom Bradley and Roy Wilkins talking with others at a testimonial dinner, Los Angeles, 1969 - Tom & Ethel Bradley Center Photographs - CSUN University Library Digital Collections Tom Bradley and Roy Wilkins talking with others at a testimonial dinner, Los Angeles, 1969 - Tom & Ethel Bradley Center Photographs - CSUN University Library Digital Collections](https://digital-collections.csun.edu/digital/api/singleitem/image/Bradley/17973/default.jpg)
Tom Bradley and Roy Wilkins talking with others at a testimonial dinner, Los Angeles, 1969 - Tom & Ethel Bradley Center Photographs - CSUN University Library Digital Collections
![blackhistory: On May 29, 1973, Thomas “Tom” Bradley was elected Los Angeles' first Black mayor - NHS blackhistory: On May 29, 1973, Thomas “Tom” Bradley was elected Los Angeles' first Black mayor - NHS](https://nhslacounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2000_14_21_8.jpg)