James Knowles III
James Knowles III
James Wallace Knowles IIIis an American politician. He was first elected Mayor of the city of Ferguson, Missouri, in April 2011. Knowles, who was 31 years old at the time of his election, became the youngest mayor in Ferguson's history, as well one of the youngest mayors in Saint Louis County and the state of Missouri at the time...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
CountryUnited States of America
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I grew up here, and it's always been a very diverse community. So for people to come out and say that there's some long-standing anger or there's a history of racial tension is absolutely ridiculous. There's not a black-white divide in Ferguson.