Harold Washington
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Harold Lee Washington was an American politician and lawyer who was the 51st mayor of Chicago from 1983 until his death in 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first Black person to hold
Washington, circa 1982
Washington holds a press conference for his 1983 campaign at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on December 13, 1982.
Washington marching through Chicago with Walter Mondale during Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign
Harold Washington speaking at the commissioning of USS Chicago, September 1986.
Jane Byrne
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Jane Margaret Byrne was an American politician who served as the 50th mayor of Chicago from April 16, 1979, until April 29, 1983. Prior to her tenure as mayor, Byrne served as Chicago's commissioner o
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…in 1980 and was reelected in 1982. He ran for Mayor of Chicago in the 1983 election. During the Democratic primary, he defeated incumbent mayor Jane Byrne and State's Attorney Richard M. Daley, son of the late mayor. Many members of the city's ethnic white Democratic political machine backed his Republican…
Byrne in 1985
Early 1980s sign at Midway Airport listing Byrne as the city's mayor
Byrne's grave at Calvary Cemetery
Jane M. Byrne Interchange