James Knowles III Quotes

United States, Politician
1979

James Wallace Knowles III (born 1979) is an American politician. He was first elected Mayor of the city of Ferguson, Missouri, in April 2011. Knowles, who was 31 years old at the time of his election, became the youngest mayor in Ferguson's history, as well one of the youngest mayors in Saint Louis County and the state of Missouri at the time.

There's not a racial divide in the city of Ferguson.

James Knowles III
- City
I grew up here, and it's always been a very diverse community. So for people to come out and say that there's some long-standing anger or there's a history of racial tension is absolutely ridiculous. There's not a black-white divide in Ferguson.

James Knowles III
- People
- Up
- Long

I ran for my first office at 25 against an incumbent city councilman. I took 55% of the vote and became the youngest councilman in the area at the time.

James Knowles III
- Time
- City