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A century after his birth, the legacy of former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington offers much for the city he once governed to celebrate and, looking forward, to contemplate. Although he is most widely ...

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 Washington’s ...

When Harold Washington, Chicago’s first black mayor, died on Nov. 25, 1987, many of us understood that his death marked the passing of a great man. But while we lamented the negative impact of his ...

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CHICAGO (CBS)-- Chicago's first Black mayor, Harold Washington, would have turned 100 this coming April 15. To mark the occasion, an adviser at Harold Washington College is putting together a book of ...

Maybe someday I'll write a whole column about why Harold Washington is the greatest mayor Chicago ever had. Credit: Richard C. Grant It was just unofficially Harold Washington week in Chicago as the ...

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 the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Chicago is celebrating what would have been former Mayor Harold Washington's 100th birthday. From boxing and running track at DuSable High School to making history as the city's first ...

A committee consisting of members of the Washington administration plans to have a Harold Washington Birthday Commemoration for his 100th birthday next year. "Many from the Washington administration, ...

Harold Washington, Chicago's first Black mayor, would have turned 100 today. CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city of Chicago celebrated what would have been Harold Washington's 100th birthday Friday. The park ...

Every year I watch Mayor Daley’s budget spectacle and think: It can’t get any more fantastical. And every year Daley and the council prove me wrong. Yesterday’s spectacle was no different. Where do I ...