Lottie H. Shackelford is an African-American politician. In 1987, she became the first woman elected Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas and served in the position until December 1988. Six years later, President Bill Clinton appointed her to the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), making her the first African American woman to serve in that capacity. She is also the longest serving Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), having been continuously re-elected to the position since 1989 and working with six different Chairmen over the past eighteen years.
Biography
Education
Ms. Shackelford received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas; she was a Senior Fellow at the Arkansas Institute of Politics; and a fellow at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Career
Ms. Shackelford's political career began in 1978 when she was elected to the Board of Directors for the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, and was re-elected city-wide three times to that position before becoming the City’s first woman Mayor. During her tenure in local government, Ms. Shackelford directed liaison activities for minority businesses and held leadership positions in the National League of Cities. Additionally, she presented papers on local government, economic development and electoral politics, both nationally and internationally, and has led economic trade missions and conducted lecture tours in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
The former Little Rock mayor chats with Fox 16's Donna Terrell.
published: 24 Jan 2019
Lottie H. Shackelford, Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame 2016 Honoree
Lottie H. Shackelford has made history throughout her impressive 40 plus years in local, state and national politics...
published: 24 Oct 2016
2019 Jimmie Lou Fisher - Lottie Shackelford Dinner Video
Introductory video for Terri Hollingsworth, 2019 Jimmie Lou Fisher - Lottie Shackelford Dinner. Terri and Donna Malone were the honorees.
published: 03 Apr 2019
Lottie Shackelford relive her journey to becoming Little Rock's first female mayor
The greatest legacy of the movement is that one day every person will ... experience all that is available to them." In today's #BlackTrailblazers spotlight, watch Lottie Shackelford relive her journey to becoming Little Rock's first female mayor
published: 13 Jul 2020
Little Rock's First Female Mayor
Lottie Shackelford, former mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, recalls her campaigns to get elected to the Little Rock City Council, and Mayor of the city. Of the legacy of the civil rights movement she says, "If an opportunity was there and a person wanted to participate and join and take advantage of that opportunity, they would have the opportunity to do it."
published: 15 Feb 2021
Happily Shoutout from the DNC Vice Chair
We are proud partners of the Democratic National Convention 2020, serving as one of the few selected virtual event companies to produce their caucus and council meetings broadcast throughout the week of the D20. Thank you to Miss Lottie Shackelford for the kind, unprompted shoutout! We loved working her and all of the DNC team.
published: 19 Aug 2020
Arkansas Week Special Edition: Women’s Suffrage Centennial Anniversary (Web Extra)
Panelists: Nell Matthews – Spokesperson, League of Women Voters of Arkansas; Lottie Shackelford – Political and Civic Leader; Sen. Missy Irvin – (R) Mountain View; and Cathy Koehler – AEA President.
published: 26 Jul 2019
Speech: 2004 Democratic National Convention [Historical Speeches TV]
The 2004 Democratic National Convention convened from July 26 to 29, 2004 at the FleetCenter (now the TD Garden) in Boston, Massachusetts, and nominated Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts for President and Senator John Edwards from North Carolina for Vice President, respectively, in the 2004 presidential election.
The 2004 Democratic National Convention included the featured keynote speech of Barack Obama, then a candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, who would later go on to become the 44th President of the United States in 2009. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson served as chairman of the convention, while former presidential advisor to Bill Clinton, Lottie Shackelford, served as vice chairwoman.
The 2004 Democratic National Convention marked the formal end of the ac...
published: 17 Mar 2016
Arkansas Week July 26, 2019 - Special Edition: Women's Suffrage Centennial Anniversary
(The 19th Amendment) It took Arkansas less than two months to become the 12th state to ratify. (The Feminine Franchise) Of course it took a lot longer and a lot of hard, dedicated work to reach that point. (July 29, 1919) But reach it they did, and it helped change politics in Arkansas and America forever. (Suffrage Centennial) Arkansas women at the polls, an anniversary worth celebrating.
Panelists: Nell Matthews – Spokesperson, League of Women Voters of Arkansas; Lottie Shackelford – Political and Civic Leader; Sen. Missy Irvin – (R) Mountain View; and Cathy Koehler – AEA President.
The greatest legacy of the movement is that one day every person will ... experience all that is available to them." In today's #BlackTrailblazers spotlight, wa...
The greatest legacy of the movement is that one day every person will ... experience all that is available to them." In today's #BlackTrailblazers spotlight, watch Lottie Shackelford relive her journey to becoming Little Rock's first female mayor
The greatest legacy of the movement is that one day every person will ... experience all that is available to them." In today's #BlackTrailblazers spotlight, watch Lottie Shackelford relive her journey to becoming Little Rock's first female mayor
Lottie Shackelford, former mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, recalls her campaigns to get elected to the Little Rock City Council, and Mayor of the city. Of the l...
Lottie Shackelford, former mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, recalls her campaigns to get elected to the Little Rock City Council, and Mayor of the city. Of the legacy of the civil rights movement she says, "If an opportunity was there and a person wanted to participate and join and take advantage of that opportunity, they would have the opportunity to do it."
Lottie Shackelford, former mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, recalls her campaigns to get elected to the Little Rock City Council, and Mayor of the city. Of the legacy of the civil rights movement she says, "If an opportunity was there and a person wanted to participate and join and take advantage of that opportunity, they would have the opportunity to do it."
We are proud partners of the Democratic National Convention 2020, serving as one of the few selected virtual event companies to produce their caucus and council...
We are proud partners of the Democratic National Convention 2020, serving as one of the few selected virtual event companies to produce their caucus and council meetings broadcast throughout the week of the D20. Thank you to Miss Lottie Shackelford for the kind, unprompted shoutout! We loved working her and all of the DNC team.
We are proud partners of the Democratic National Convention 2020, serving as one of the few selected virtual event companies to produce their caucus and council meetings broadcast throughout the week of the D20. Thank you to Miss Lottie Shackelford for the kind, unprompted shoutout! We loved working her and all of the DNC team.
Panelists: Nell Matthews – Spokesperson, League of Women Voters of Arkansas; Lottie Shackelford – Political and Civic Leader; Sen. Missy Irvin – (R) Mountain Vi...
Panelists: Nell Matthews – Spokesperson, League of Women Voters of Arkansas; Lottie Shackelford – Political and Civic Leader; Sen. Missy Irvin – (R) Mountain View; and Cathy Koehler – AEA President.
Panelists: Nell Matthews – Spokesperson, League of Women Voters of Arkansas; Lottie Shackelford – Political and Civic Leader; Sen. Missy Irvin – (R) Mountain View; and Cathy Koehler – AEA President.
The 2004 Democratic National Convention convened from July 26 to 29, 2004 at the FleetCenter (now the TD Garden) in Boston, Massachusetts, and nominated Senator...
The 2004 Democratic National Convention convened from July 26 to 29, 2004 at the FleetCenter (now the TD Garden) in Boston, Massachusetts, and nominated Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts for President and Senator John Edwards from North Carolina for Vice President, respectively, in the 2004 presidential election.
The 2004 Democratic National Convention included the featured keynote speech of Barack Obama, then a candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, who would later go on to become the 44th President of the United States in 2009. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson served as chairman of the convention, while former presidential advisor to Bill Clinton, Lottie Shackelford, served as vice chairwoman.
The 2004 Democratic National Convention marked the formal end of the active primary election season, although all meaningful primary elections had finished months earlier. After the convention, John Kerry and John Edwards were defeated by the incumbent George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in the general election.
The 2004 Democratic National Convention convened from July 26 to 29, 2004 at the FleetCenter (now the TD Garden) in Boston, Massachusetts, and nominated Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts for President and Senator John Edwards from North Carolina for Vice President, respectively, in the 2004 presidential election.
The 2004 Democratic National Convention included the featured keynote speech of Barack Obama, then a candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, who would later go on to become the 44th President of the United States in 2009. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson served as chairman of the convention, while former presidential advisor to Bill Clinton, Lottie Shackelford, served as vice chairwoman.
The 2004 Democratic National Convention marked the formal end of the active primary election season, although all meaningful primary elections had finished months earlier. After the convention, John Kerry and John Edwards were defeated by the incumbent George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in the general election.
(The 19th Amendment) It took Arkansas less than two months to become the 12th state to ratify. (The Feminine Franchise) Of course it took a lot longer and a lot...
(The 19th Amendment) It took Arkansas less than two months to become the 12th state to ratify. (The Feminine Franchise) Of course it took a lot longer and a lot of hard, dedicated work to reach that point. (July 29, 1919) But reach it they did, and it helped change politics in Arkansas and America forever. (Suffrage Centennial) Arkansas women at the polls, an anniversary worth celebrating.
Panelists: Nell Matthews – Spokesperson, League of Women Voters of Arkansas; Lottie Shackelford – Political and Civic Leader; Sen. Missy Irvin – (R) Mountain View; and Cathy Koehler – AEA President.
(The 19th Amendment) It took Arkansas less than two months to become the 12th state to ratify. (The Feminine Franchise) Of course it took a lot longer and a lot of hard, dedicated work to reach that point. (July 29, 1919) But reach it they did, and it helped change politics in Arkansas and America forever. (Suffrage Centennial) Arkansas women at the polls, an anniversary worth celebrating.
Panelists: Nell Matthews – Spokesperson, League of Women Voters of Arkansas; Lottie Shackelford – Political and Civic Leader; Sen. Missy Irvin – (R) Mountain View; and Cathy Koehler – AEA President.
The greatest legacy of the movement is that one day every person will ... experience all that is available to them." In today's #BlackTrailblazers spotlight, watch Lottie Shackelford relive her journey to becoming Little Rock's first female mayor
Lottie Shackelford, former mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, recalls her campaigns to get elected to the Little Rock City Council, and Mayor of the city. Of the legacy of the civil rights movement she says, "If an opportunity was there and a person wanted to participate and join and take advantage of that opportunity, they would have the opportunity to do it."
We are proud partners of the Democratic National Convention 2020, serving as one of the few selected virtual event companies to produce their caucus and council meetings broadcast throughout the week of the D20. Thank you to Miss Lottie Shackelford for the kind, unprompted shoutout! We loved working her and all of the DNC team.
Panelists: Nell Matthews – Spokesperson, League of Women Voters of Arkansas; Lottie Shackelford – Political and Civic Leader; Sen. Missy Irvin – (R) Mountain View; and Cathy Koehler – AEA President.
The 2004 Democratic National Convention convened from July 26 to 29, 2004 at the FleetCenter (now the TD Garden) in Boston, Massachusetts, and nominated Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts for President and Senator John Edwards from North Carolina for Vice President, respectively, in the 2004 presidential election.
The 2004 Democratic National Convention included the featured keynote speech of Barack Obama, then a candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, who would later go on to become the 44th President of the United States in 2009. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson served as chairman of the convention, while former presidential advisor to Bill Clinton, Lottie Shackelford, served as vice chairwoman.
The 2004 Democratic National Convention marked the formal end of the active primary election season, although all meaningful primary elections had finished months earlier. After the convention, John Kerry and John Edwards were defeated by the incumbent George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in the general election.
(The 19th Amendment) It took Arkansas less than two months to become the 12th state to ratify. (The Feminine Franchise) Of course it took a lot longer and a lot of hard, dedicated work to reach that point. (July 29, 1919) But reach it they did, and it helped change politics in Arkansas and America forever. (Suffrage Centennial) Arkansas women at the polls, an anniversary worth celebrating.
Panelists: Nell Matthews – Spokesperson, League of Women Voters of Arkansas; Lottie Shackelford – Political and Civic Leader; Sen. Missy Irvin – (R) Mountain View; and Cathy Koehler – AEA President.
Lottie H. Shackelford is an African-American politician. In 1987, she became the first woman elected Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas and served in the position until December 1988. Six years later, President Bill Clinton appointed her to the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), making her the first African American woman to serve in that capacity. She is also the longest serving Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), having been continuously re-elected to the position since 1989 and working with six different Chairmen over the past eighteen years.
Biography
Education
Ms. Shackelford received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas; she was a Senior Fellow at the Arkansas Institute of Politics; and a fellow at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Career
Ms. Shackelford's political career began in 1978 when she was elected to the Board of Directors for the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, and was re-elected city-wide three times to that position before becoming the City’s first woman Mayor. During her tenure in local government, Ms. Shackelford directed liaison activities for minority businesses and held leadership positions in the National League of Cities. Additionally, she presented papers on local government, economic development and electoral politics, both nationally and internationally, and has led economic trade missions and conducted lecture tours in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
the women Sen. J.D ... We just try to do the best we can to save them ... Being of one accord when it comes to fighting for the rights of women — equal rights for women in every arena,” said LottieShackelford, chairwoman of the women’s caucus at the DNC.