Punch 9 for Harold Washington /

Barack Obama moved to Chicago in 1985, in part, because of a man he'd never met: Harold Washington. The first black mayor of a major U.S. city, Washington created a broad coalition across America's most segregated metropolis on an inclusive platform whose progressive values are still being...

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Other Authors:	Jackson, Jesse, 1941- (on-screen participant.), Emanuel, Rahm, 1959- (on-screen participant.), Daley, Richard M. (Richard Michael), 1942- (on-screen participant.), García, Jesús, 1956 April 12- (on-screen participant.), Mell, Richard (on-screen participant.), Jarrett, Valerie, 1956- (on-screen participant.), Axelrod, David, 1955- (on-screen participant.), Worrill, Conrad Walter, 1941- (on-screen participant.)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English with optional English subtitles; closed captioned.
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Video Project, 2021. Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
Subjects:	Washington, Harold, > 1922-1987. Mayors > Elections. Chicago (Ill.) > Politics and government > 1951- Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations > History > 20th century. Documentary films. Biographical films. Nonfiction films. Feature films.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	Barack Obama moved to Chicago in 1985, in part, because of a man he'd never met: Harold Washington. The first black mayor of a major U.S. city, Washington created a broad coalition across America's most segregated metropolis on an inclusive platform whose progressive values are still being championed today. Following the 20 year reign of Richard J. Daley, Chicagoans appeared fed up with the machine politics that had defined their city in the national imagination. After a promising but ultimately disappointing term from Jane Byrne, the city's first female mayor, the city's Black leaders recruited Washington to mount an effort to unseat her. In one of the dirtiest political campaigns in American history, in a city rife with corruption and discrimination, Harold Washington took on the deeply-entrenched machine, and a shameful realignment of the city's White democrats with the Republican candidate, to become the 51st mayor of Chicago.
Item Description:	Title from title frames.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes) : .flv file, sound.
Production Credits:	Music by Alex Lu ; edited by Alex Mackenzie, Melissa Sterne ; director of photography, T.W. Li ; executive producers, Craig Robinson, Derrick Rose, Judy Wise, Robert Teitel, Bob Hercules, Charles Matz, Sam Fayed, Josh Braun, Ben Braun.