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    Harold Lee Washington (April 15, 1922 – November 25, 1987) was an American lawyer and politician who was the 51st Mayor of Chicago. Washington became the...
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    The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 S...
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    The Harold Washington Party was founded in Chicago in the late 1980s by Timothy C. Evans to represent the interests of the city's African-American population...
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    Harold Washington College is a community college, part of the City Colleges of Chicago system of the City of Chicago, in Illinois, United States. It is...
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  • Mahaica-Berbice, Guyana University of Washington, Seattle, Washington George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Harold Washington College, Chicago, Illinois...
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    In 1991, the Harold Washington Library Center, became Chicago's new central library. It is named for the late mayor Harold Washington. It was the world's...
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    (2011–2019) is the only Jewish American to have served as mayor. Harold Washington (1983–1987) was the first African American mayor. Lightfoot (2019–2023)...
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    Harold Washington Park is a small (10 acre) park in the Chicago Park District located in the Hyde Park community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois...
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    elected to serve the remainder of Harold Washington's unexpired term in a special election held following Washington's death in office. Daley won by a landslide...
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  • and Family Services, who ran unopposed. No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary. John Stroger, an incumbent Democrat who had served...
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    elected over Alderman Timothy Evans, the nominee of the newly formed Harold Washington Party, and the Republican nominee Ed Vrdolyak. The election was held...
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    Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (born May 11, 1970) is an American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U.S. Congressman who served from 1997...
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    fared poorly with only 2.8% of the vote. A fourth-place candidate, Harold Washington Party nominee Lawrence Redmond, won 0.9% of the votes. This was the...
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    Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren, (formerly Library-State/Van Buren, formerly State/Van Buren), is an 'L' station serving the CTA's Brown, Orange...
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    Harold Washington Cultural Center is a performance facility located in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago's South Side. It was named after...
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    trying for the party nomination in 1987, she threw her support to Harold Washington. Byrne was born Jane Margaret Burke on May 24, 1933, at John B. Murphy...
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  • in the Life of Harold Washington is a mural at Chicago's central library, the Harold Washington Library, named after Harold Washington, who was Chicago's...
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    53rd Mayor of Chicago, Illinois after the sudden death of then–mayor Harold Washington. Sawyer served for the remainder of the term, from December 2, 1987...
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    caught the attention of Chicago's first African-American Mayor – Harold Washington – who appointed him in August 1984 to the position of deputy superintendent...
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    alderman who had opposed Mayor Washington, and Alderman Timothy C. Evans, the candidate of the newly created Harold Washington Party. Daley won the general...
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  • father, Roman Pucinski, was a prominent opponent of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington. Many criticized the Democrats for their failure to inform voters...
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  • Barack Obama, David Dinkins and Harold Washington used in their election campaigns. As Mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington directly referenced and invoked...
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    South Side include Burnham Park, Jackson Park, Washington Park, Midway Plaisance, and Harold Washington Park. Away from the Hyde Park area, large parks...
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    election saw the election of Chicago's first African-American mayor, Harold Washington. Incumbent Mayor Jane Byrne, who had served since April 16, 1979,...
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    the second woman (after Byrne), and the third black person (after Harold Washington and Eugene Sawyer) to serve as mayor of Chicago. Lightfoot was born...
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    from November 25 to December 2, 1987, following the death of Mayor Harold Washington. Orr retired from the office of Cook County Clerk in 2018, opting...
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    prominent opponent of Harold Washington and the de facto leader of the so-called "Vrdolyak 29" that opposed and blocked many of Washington's measures. After...
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    the re-election of Chicago, Illinois' first African-American mayor, Harold Washington. Ed Vrdolyak, the leader of the Vrdolyak 29, unsuccessfully opposed...
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    the city council, he was known for being a staunch ally of Mayor Harold Washington. In 1992, he became the first Mexican-American member of the Illinois...
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    is the final resting place of several famous Americans including Harold Washington, Ida B. Wells, Jesse Owens, and Enrico Fermi. It is also the setting...
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