| Raphael Benjamin West |
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Raphael Benjamin West ( March 31 1911 – November 20 1974 ) was Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1951-1963. Born in Columbia, Tennessee , he attended Cumberland Law School and Vanderbilt University . After losing the Nashville mayoral race in 1943, he won election as vice-mayor in 1946, later winning a State Senator race in 1949. His strong ties with the African American community led Nashville to be the first southern city to Desegregate public facilities. After Nashville became a Consolidated City-county government, he lost re-election. REFERENCES
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