Ella Jones just made history as the city of Ferguson, Missouri’s first African American black mayor.

The election took place as protesters filled the streets of U.S. cities, rallying against racism and police brutality faced by many black communities.

Jones, 65, won with 54 per cent of the vote and will become St Louis, Missouri suburb’s first Black mayor and its first female mayor.

According to her campaign biography, she has served on the Ferguson city council since 2015, when she was elected as its first African-American member.

After a U.S. Justice Department investigation into Brown’s death, the city passed a federal consent decree in 2016, that resulted in widespread policing and municipal court reforms, community policing efforts, hiring more minority officers and improved policies in areas such as the use of body cameras and search-and-seizure practices.