Philip West
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Philip West is the former mayor of Natchez, Mississippi. He and other leaders were honored in 2024 at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.[1] He chaired the Adams County Board of Supervisors and was briefly a candidate for governor. He is a Democrat.[2] He played baseball at Alcorn State and is in the Alcorn State Hall of Fame.[2] He was the first African American to serve as mayor of Natchez since Reconstruction.[3] He has also served as a school board member and advocated for bonds to fund education programs, accusing opponents of not wanting to fund education for black students.[4]
