Career
Sharp defeated James W. Rutherford at his attempt at a third term for Flint Mayor, effectively becoming the city's first popularly elected African American mayor; the city's first African American mayor Floyd J. McCree, who served between 1966 and 1968, had been selected by the Flint City Commission. In 1984, Sharp was selected as alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan. Sharp was defeated by Matthew S. Collier in 1987.Death
Sharp died on July 2, 2023, at the age of 90.References
1933 births 2023 deaths Michigan Democrats Mayors of Flint, Michigan African-American mayors in Michigan 20th-century African-American politicians 21st-century African-American politicians 20th-century mayors of places in Michigan {{Michigan-mayor-stub