Author: Dempsey Jerome TravisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
"Harold," the Peoples Mayor
Author: Dempsey Jerome TravisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Harold, the People’s Mayor
Author: Dempsey TravisPublisher: Agate Publishing
ISBN: 157284812X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
“Harold Washington was one of the most spellbinding and irresistible characters I have encountered in my 40 years in journalism and politics. Part philosopher, part street brawler and always entertaining, Harold was as big and ebullient as the town he came to lead.” —David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Barack Obama Harold, the People's Mayor is the authorized biography of Chicago's first black mayor, written by the late civil rights activist and prolific author Dempsey Travis, a man whose personal friendship with Washington spanned more than 50 years. Travis drew on recollections, notes, and several hundred hours' worth of interviews with Washington and his close associates in order to craft a portrait of Washington that spans his childhood, military years, political career, and death. Travis gained deep insights into Washington during the years he knew him, both as a boy and a man, and those combined with his encyclopedic knowledge of Chicago politics have resulted in an essential work of political biography and Chicago history. Published to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Washington's untimely passing, this is a firsthand personal account of the life and career of one of the country's most significant big-city mayors and influential African American politicians, a man who former President Barack Obama credits as an inspiration. Moving, comprehensive, and well-researched, Harold, the People's Mayor is required reading for anyone interested in 20th-century big-city politics and in this remarkable figure and how he lived, worked, and rose to transform the political landscape of Chicago.
Harold Washington
Author: Naurice RobertsPublisher: Children's Press(CT)
ISBN: 9780516036571
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Follows the life and career of Chicago's first black mayor, assessing his impact as lawyer, state representative, state senator, mayor, and national leader.
Climbing a Great Mountain
Author: Harold WashingtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
I Am Somebody
Author: David MasciotraPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 183860426X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
There are few figures and leaders of recent American history of greater social and political consequence than Jesse Jackson, and few more relevant for America's current political climate. In the 1960s, Jackson served as a close aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, meeting him on the notorious march to legitimate the American democratic system in Selma. He was there on the day of King's assassination, and continued his political legacy, inspiring a generation of black and Latino politicians and activists, founding the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and helping to make the Democratic Party more multicultural and progressive with his historic runs for the presidency in the 1980s. In I Am Somebody, David Masciotra argues that Jackson's legacy must be rehabilitated in the history of American politics. Masciotra has had personal access to Jackson for several years, conducting over 100 interviews with the man himself, as well as interviews with a wide variety of elected officials and activists who Jackson has inspired and influenced. It also takes readers inside Jackson's negotiations for the release of hostages and political prisoners in Cuba, Iraq, and several other countries. As Democratic politics sees a return to radicalism and the rise of a new generation of committed advocates of racial and economic justice, I Am Somebody: Why Jesse Jackson Matters is a critical book for understanding where America in the 21st Century has come from and where it is going. Featuring a foreword by Michael Eric Dyson.
Harold!
Author: Salim MuwakkilPublisher: Chicago Lives
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This handsome book captures in words and pictures the powerful emotions that have circled around Chicagos popular mayor, Harold Washington, and gives readers a glimpse of a man who has won over an entire city.
Mayor Harold Washington
Author: Roger BilesPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252050525
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Raised in a political family on Chicago's South Side, Harold Washington made history as the city's first African American mayor. His 1983 electoral triumph, fueled by overwhelming black support, represented victory over the Chicago Machine and business as usual. Yet the racially charged campaign heralded an era of bitter political divisiveness that obstructed his efforts to change city government. Roger Biles's sweeping biography provides a definitive account of Washington and his journey from the state legislature to the mayoralty. Once in City Hall, Washington confronted the back room deals, aldermanic thuggery, open corruption, and palm greasing that fueled the city's autocratic political regime. His alternative: a vision of fairness, transparency, neighborhood empowerment, and balanced economic growth at one with his emergence as a dynamic champion for African American uplift and a crusader for progressive causes. Biles charts the countless infamies of the Council Wars era and Washington's own growth through his winning of a second term—a promise of lasting reform left unfulfilled when the mayor died in 1987. Original and authoritative, Mayor Harold Washington redefines a pivotal era in Chicago's modern history.
Harold Washington
Author: Alton MillerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Queer Clout
Author: Timothy Stewart-WinterPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812247914
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Queer Clout weaves together activism and electoral politics to trace the gay movement's path since the 1950s in Chicago. Stewart-Winter stresses gay people's and African Americans' shared focus on police harassment, highlighting how black political leaders enabled white gays and lesbians to join an emerging liberal coalition in city hall.
Author: Gwendolyn Brooks