Harold The People S Mayor
DOWNLOAD
Download Harold The People S Mayor PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Harold The People S Mayor book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Harold The People S Mayor
DOWNLOAD
Author : Dempsey Travis
language : en
Publisher: Agate Publishing
Release Date : 2017-12-12
Harold The People S Mayor written by Dempsey Travis and has been published by Agate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“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.
Mayor Harold Washington
DOWNLOAD
Author : Roger Biles
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2018-06-15
Mayor Harold Washington written by Roger Biles and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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
DOWNLOAD
Author : Naurice Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Release Date : 1988
Harold Washington written by Naurice Roberts and has been published by Children's Press(CT) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Follows the life and career of Chicago's first black mayor, assessing his impact as lawyer, state representative, state senator, mayor, and national leader.
Harold Washington
DOWNLOAD
Author : Alton Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995-07-01
Harold Washington written by Alton Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-07-01 with categories.
Executive Summary
DOWNLOAD
Author : World's Fair Advisory Committee (Chicago, Ill.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Executive Summary written by World's Fair Advisory Committee (Chicago, Ill.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Chicago (Ill.) categories.
Mayor Harold Washington And Chicago The I Will City
DOWNLOAD
Author : Gwendolyn Brooks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Mayor Harold Washington And Chicago The I Will City written by Gwendolyn Brooks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
Queer Clout
DOWNLOAD
Author : Timothy Stewart-Winter
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2016-02-16
Queer Clout written by Timothy Stewart-Winter and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-16 with History categories.
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.
Climbing A Great Mountain
DOWNLOAD
Author : Harold Washington
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Climbing A Great Mountain written by Harold Washington and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with History categories.
A Tribute To Mayor Harold Washington
DOWNLOAD
Author : B. Herbert Martin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
A Tribute To Mayor Harold Washington written by B. Herbert Martin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Mayors categories.
"A litany of remembrance and prayer of dedication for the Harold Washington Public Library. Friday, Novermber 14, 2014"--Leaf 2.
An Autobiography Of Black Chicago
DOWNLOAD
Author : Dempsey Travis
language : en
Publisher: Agate Publishing
Release Date : 2013-11-19
An Autobiography Of Black Chicago written by Dempsey Travis and has been published by Agate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Few were more qualified than Dempsey Travis to write the history of African Americans in Chicago, and none would be able to do it with the same command of firsthand sources. This seminal paperback reissue, An Autobiography of Black Chicago, emulates the best works of Studs Terkel — portraying the African American Chicago community through the personal experiences of Dempsey Travis, his family, and his fellow Chicagoans. Through his family's and his own experiences, plus those of the book's numerous well-respected contributors, Travis tells a comprehensive, intimate story of African Americans in Chicago. Starting with John Baptiste Point du Sable, who was the first non–Native American to settle on the mouth of the Chicago River, and ending with Travis's successes providing equal housing opportunities for Chicago African Americans, An Autobiography of Black Chicago acquaints the reader with the city's most prominent African American figures — told through their own words.