Chicago Defender’s Top 20 Most Influential Political Figures

Chicago’s political environment has had an interesting and dramatic history since the days of the first Black Elected Cook County…
03.01.18
Remembering Harold Washington: A Man Like No Other

Remembering Harold Washington He was our hero, our role model, a man of the people. His speech was elegant, intellectually…
11.25.17
Congressman Augustus Savage Passes at 90

Congressman Augustus Savage                Passes at 90     Former African American U.S. Rep.…
11.02.15
Will Black Voters Help Select The Next Mayor Of Chicago Or Sit This One Out?

It has ben 32 years since Chicago had a mayor of African decent. Harold Washington was elected in 1983 and…
04.13.18
chi-0831-leroy-martin-dies-photo.jpg
Chicago Police Department superintendent under Washington and Daley dies

Read the story here.
09.03.13
Harold5
Exclusive: Harold Washington Photos

  Antonio Dickey served as Harold Washington’s official photographer beginning with his campaign in 1982 and continued in that role…
11.27.12
Video Views
Trending