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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A new mural was unveiled Thursday for Chicago's first Black mayor, Harold Washington, at the college that bears his name. The school commissioned the art celebrate the 100th ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The 30th anniversary of the death of Harold Washington, the first African American mayor of Chicago, was Saturday. David Axelrod, a political strategist, was key in getting Barack ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- On the day before Thanksgiving 30 years ago, Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor, passed away. For those who knew him well, or worked alongside him, words don't do justice ...

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Friday would have been the 100th birthday of Chicago's first Black Mayor. April 12, 1983, Harold Lee Washington was elected the first African American mayor of Chicago. He was also the first mayor to ...

Mayor Harold Washington’s untimely death on the day before Thanksgiving shocked the city. It also created confusion inside and outside City Hall, and served as a reminder of the racial tension at play ...

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 ...

Twenty-five years ago today, Harold Washington’s second term as mayor was cut short by a fatal heart attack. By no measure is Washington a forgotten figure, but there are many in Chicago’s political ...