1983: Harold Washington was elected Chicago’s first Black mayor. Washington, a U.S. representative who also served in the ...

(Talia Sprague/Chicago Tribune) Mayor Brandon Johnson talks to Ald ... who were the last to stick with Lightfoot, the city’s first Black female and lesbian mayor, when she pivoted her electoral ...

We’re laying the foundation ... that Mayor Harold Washington established," Johnson told listeners during an interview on radio station WVON-AM.

Peggy Montes started the Bronzeville Children's Museum, worked to elect Mayor Harold Washington and seeks to empower, inspire women: “I said, ‘Why is there no celebration of women and what women do?" ...

One of Chicago’s most prominent African ... who were the last to stick with Lightfoot, the city’s first Black female and lesbian mayor, when she pivoted her electoral strategy to winning ...