1967 Press Photo Flint, Michigan mayor and city commission member Floyd McCree

Flint's African American mayor Floyd J. McCree, said Monday night that he will resign as both mayor and as a member of the City Commission after the commission defeated an open housing ordinance proposal on a 5-3 vote. McCree said he could not live "an equal opportunity lie."

Photo is dated 1967.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.