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Harold Washington
Forty Years Ago, Harold Washington Was Elected Mayor of Chicago
Meredith FrancisMayor-elect Brandon Johnson is the second Black man to be elected to office (Eugene Sawyer was appointed), almost 40 years after Harold Washington won election to become the first Black mayor of Chicago.
Mayor Harold Washington Through the Years, in His Own Words
Daniel HautzingerHarold Washington was a frequent guest on WTTW over the course of his political career. Hear him discuss his upbringing, his coalitional politics, the Council Wars when he was mayor of Chicago, and more in archival interviews ranging from 1968 through 1984.