And there have been some examples of how this new leadership is changing the city.
Her parents' families were both from the state of Georgia.
But even as the political leadership of suburban governments becomes more diverse, scholars say the police forces and other local government institutions often lag, creating new flash points for tension among residents.
Prepare yourself, I may disappoint you more, than my dad, when he went out to buy a pack cigs.
West Africans dominate the immigrant population, residents say, largely Liberians, as well as Kenyans and Nigerians.
She was born on May 31, 1965 in New York City and, at age 12,.