Da Mayor Honored for Lifetime of Civil Rights Leadership

Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown Jr. was awarded the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal on Wednesday, July 18 for his lifelong commitment to the community, equality and civil rights. President Bill Clinton presented Brown with the prestigious honor during the NAACP’s 109^th Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas, which was also attended by San Francisco Mayor London Breed. Brown, Jr., two-term mayor of San Francisco, renowned speaker of the California Assembly, and often regarded as the most influential African-American politician of the late twentieth century, has been at the center of California politics, government and civic life for four decades. Today, he heads the Willie L. Brown, Jr. Institute on Politics and Public Service, where he shares his knowledge and skills with a new generation of California leaders. The Bay Area Council extends its warmest congratulations to our good friend Willie L. Brown Jr. on this richly deserved honor.