The African American Mayors Association this week celebrated Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed as the organization’s national mayor of the month.

“Mayor Reed made history on November 12, 2019, by becoming the first African American mayor of Montgomery, the first Confederate capital,” the association wrote in a tweet.

August’s Mayor of the Month is Mayor @stevenlouisreed of Montgomery, Alabama. Mayor Reed made history on November 12, 2019, by becoming the first African American mayor of Montgomery, the first Confederate capital. Read more about Mayor Reed at https://t.co/m3LSI4PeKR. #ourmayors pic.twitter.com/o0cXsMSGr5

— African American Mayors Association (@OurMayors) August 27, 2020

This came the same week that Reed took place in the opening session of the Business Council of Alabama’s Engage Alabama virtual conference.

The City of Montgomery’s official biography of the mayor begins, “In his first eight months in office, Mayor Reed has successfully led Montgomery amid the once-in-a-lifetime pandemic that jeopardized regional hospital capacity and businesses’ livelihoods. During this pandemic, the murder of George Floyd sparked worldwide protests and calls for change in police-community relations as well as an overhaul of the systemic injustices still plaguing the nation. Despite these unique challenges, Mayor Reed is ready to advance an agenda that deals with the community’s most pressing issues and puts Montgomery on-track to become a leader in the New South.”

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Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn