The Multiracial Promise: Harold Washington's Chicago and the Democratic Struggle in Reagan's America

by Gordon K Mantler

In April 1983, a dynamic, multiracial political coalition did the unthinkable, electing Harold Washington as the first Black mayor of Chicago. Washington's victory was unlikely not just because America's second city was one of the nation's most racially balkanized but also because it came at a time when Ronald Reagan and other political conservatives seemed resurgent. Washington's initial win and reelection in 1987 established the charismatic politician...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146967386X
• ISBN13: 9781469673868
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"