Editing McComb, Mississippi (section)

===21st century===
In 2006, Zach Patterson was elected as McComb's first African American mayor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cybercoe.army.mil/SIGNALSCH/OCOS/HISTORY/notable_zach_patterson.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524142703/https://cybercoe.army.mil/SIGNALSCH/OCOS/HISTORY/notable_zach_patterson.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 24, 2021|title=Mayor of Mc Comb, Mississippi - Zach Patterson|publisher=U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence|accessdate=May 24, 2021}}</ref>

In 2018, voters in the city of McComb elected Quordiniah Lockley as mayor, and for the first time elected a city board consisting of an African American majority.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/005cb87013524aab9bf2ff45e4d3efe2|title=Democrat elected mayor as black officials win board majority|publisher=Associated Press|date=June 20, 2018|accessdate=May 24, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wdsu.com/article/2-city-ex-workers-in-mississippi-say-they-were-fired-because-they-are-white/29049147|title=2 city ex-workers in Mississippi say they were fired because they are white|agency=Associated Press|publisher=[[WDSU]]|date=September 14, 2019|accessdate=May 24, 2021}}</ref>