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Harold Lee Washington (April 15, 1922 – November 25, 1987) was an American lawyer and politician who was the 51st Mayor of Chicago. [1] Washington became the first African American to be elected as the city's mayor in April 1983.
Apr 15, 2022 · Chicago is marking the centennial this week of the city’s first Black mayor, Harold Washington, 35 years after he died during his second term in office. Here’s a few things to know about...
Apr 15, 2022 · Harold Washington's election as the first Black mayor of Chicago ushered in a new era for the city, but from his election to his battles in office to his untimely death while in...
Nov 30, 2017 · Thirty years after Harold Washington’s death, a newly unearthed trove of documents reveals the early stages of his transformation into the insurgent who’d become the first (and still only ...
Few local elections in modern American history generated more heat than Rep. Harold Washington’s run for Chicago mayor in 1983. That winter, Washington became the city’s first African...
Nov 25, 2022 · 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...
Apr 16, 2022 · Cook County Circuit Judge Charles E. Freeman swears in Harold Washington as Chicago’s 42nd mayor at Navy Pier on April 29, 1983. Sun-Times file photo. I write this on the 100 th anniversary of the birth of Chicago’s first Black mayor who changed his city forever.
