Harold Washington and the Civil Rights Legacy - Paperback

by Christopher Chandler (Author)

An insider's account of the campaigns and mayoral administrations of Harold Washington, Chicago's first African-American mayor.
This is a new Second Edition with added material, as well as a new section of photos.
"A gripping account by Chris Chandler of Washington's historic campaign, his tumultuous time as mayor, the civil rights movement that preceded him, and the transformation which followed... Chris Chandler adds to our understanding of the Washington movement and the broader struggle for transformation. He provides us a front row seat from which to see from the inside this pivotal time in our history."
Dick Simpson
Professor of Political Science The University of Illinois at Chicago
"Chandler takes us on a Press Secretary's first-person description of the trials and victories of the Washington 1983 and 1987 campaigns and inside the Washington Administration's decision-making process."
Robert Starks
Professor emeritus, Northeastern Illinois University

Author Biography

Christopher Chandler began reporting at the City News Bureau in Chicago in 1963, and worked for five years at the Sun- Times and three years at WBBM-TV Channel 2. He has won a number of awards including First Place, Spot News in 1968 from the Illinois AP and an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 1979. He was a co-founder and associate editor of the Chicago Journalism Review, and editor of the Chicago Free Press, the Daily Planet, the New Patriot and North Avenue Magazine (NorthAvenueMagazine.net). He has written articles for the New Republic, Chicago Magazine, the Reader, Streetwise and In These Times.
He was Press Secretary during Harold Washington's primary campaign in 1983, and then Deputy Press Secretary during the general election campaign and the early years of the first Washington administration. He was later press secretary for U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush, and media director for the Government Accountability Project.