The city unexpectedly lost Harold Washington — its first Black mayor — 35 years ago today, Chicago. Tribune reporter Robert Davis noted Washington left “an indelible imprint on political ...

Charles Osgood/Chicago Tribune 4/13/1983, Alone) 1983: Harold Washington was elected Chicago’s first Black mayor. Washington, a U.S. representative who also served in the Illinois House and ...

Harold Washington was sworn in as Chicago's first black mayor 30 years ago today. His impact was outsized for his relatively short tenure. To commemorate the anniversary, I thought I'd pull ...

“He was a great man, and I truly do miss him.” Chicago Mayor Harold Washington. Before becoming the city’s first Black mayor, Washington served in the state House, state Senate and the U.S ...

“Not only for whites, but for African Americans. We just didn’t think a Black mayor was possible in Chicago.” Harold Washington shakes hands with incumbent Mayor Jane Byrne after debating ...

Four decades ago, at the start of 1984, Harold Washington was finishing his historic opening year in office as Chicago’s first Black mayor. An outsider candidate who had been persuaded to run by ...

Purchase Chicago magazine’s December issue, with the Harold Washington cover ... American alderman favored by the late mayor’s foes, to succeed Washington. In the eyes of many Chicagoans ...

Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, left, and former Chicago Public Schools ... 1983 campaign when Rep. Harold Washington became the city’s first Black mayor. But while there are certainly ...

Cook County commissioner and Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson speaks with supporters after forcing a mayoral runoff election during his election night gathering on Tuesday, February 28, 2023.

Race relations in Chicago have always been fraught ... The first mayor I remember is Harold Washington, a mayor Chicagoans loved in hindsight because compared to Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel ...

Mier founded the University of Chicago’s Center for Urban Economic Development in 1978. During Mayor Harold Washington’s first term, Mier became the City of Chicago’s director of economic de ...