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 ...

Thirty-five years ago, on the eve of Thanksgiving 1987, Chicago Mayor Harold Washington died unexpectedly after suffering a heart attack just months into his second term. The story of that “cool ...

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 ...

Mayor Harold Washington is buried in a cemetery that was once for “whites only.” Protests and legislative fights desegregated ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. A Bronzeville greystone that was the home of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington for five years of his childhood is for sale for the first ...

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 ...

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration ... Wells, Jean Baptiste Point DuSable and Harold Washington — the city’s first Black mayor whom Johnson invoked throughout his mayoral ...