Pierre Caliste Landry(19 April 1841-22 December 1921), statesman, minister, educator, businessman, and attorney, was born on the plantation of Dr. Francois Marie Prevost near Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana. He is purported to have been born to Rosemond Landry, a white laborer on the Prevost plantation and Marcelite, his slave mistress. He was born with the … Continue reading Honorable Pierre Caliste Landry – First Mayor of Color in U.S.