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A black and white image of Harold Washington voting in Hyde Park on April 12, 1983. Image: Chicago History Museum, ICHi-036028; Richard Gordon, photographer

Forty Years Ago, Harold Washington Was Elected Mayor of Chicago

Meredith Francis

Mayor-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. 
Harold Washington on WTTW's 'Callaway Interviews' in 1980

Mayor Harold Washington Through the Years, in His Own Words

Daniel Hautzinger

Harold 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.
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