Melvin Carter, the first black mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, on

“I think it is absolutely clear that a public safety framework that is just police, prisons, and prosecutors doesn’t work.”

PHOTOS, Melvin Carter III makes history as St. Paul's first African American mayor

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter cruises to second term

ThreeSixty Focus on . . . Melvin Carter - ThreeSixty Journalism

Melvin W. Carter III - Mayor - City of Saint Paul

Melvin Carter - Ascend at the Aspen Institute

Melvin Carter reflects on his second year as mayor of St. Paul

St. Paul mayor Melvin Carter on the city's medical debt cancellation plan

Macalester hosts town hall on policing with Mayor Carter, President Rivera - The Mac Weekly

PHOTOS, Melvin Carter III makes history as St. Paul's first African American mayor

Mayors of Atlanta, St. Paul, both FAMU grads, deplore violent protests

ELEMENTS/PERIODIC TABLE OF A SUPER-HERO and the sacred/profane BODY and SOUL of humanity; Catherine L. Johnson;