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Posted on: February 1, 2021

[ARCHIVED] Enterprise’s first black mayor strives to always remember where he came from

Mayor Cooper, leaning on post

Pictured: Mayor William E. Cooper

Photo by Kay Kirkland, City of Enterprise

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