The death of Chicago’s first black mayor was marked by tears of sorrow, words of praise — and down-and-dirty politicking. A few days after Harold Washington had a fatal heart attack in his ...

With over 90 percent of the precincts reporting, Lightfoot received 73.70 percent of the vote to become Chicago’s first black female mayor. Lightfoot, who will also be Chicago’s first openly ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson recently issued the first veto by a Chicago mayor in 19 years. But mayoral vetoes once were common. A ...

Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle, both African-American women, got the most votes out of 14 candidates in Chicago's mayoral election Tuesday night. They'll head to a runoff election on April 2.

A previous version of this article and its headline incorrectly said that Lelia Foley-Davis was the first Black woman to be elected mayor in the United States when she won the 1973 race in Taft ...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D), the first Black woman and the first openly LGBTQ+ person to hold the office, has lost her bid for reelection.

Harold Washington was elected the first Black mayor of Chicago in 1983. He served as mayor until his death on Nov. 25, 1987. The next time Chicago elected a Black mayor was with the election of ...

Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot gives her acceptance speech in front of a crowd of supporters on April 2, 2019. She is the first African-American woman to be elected mayor of Chicago.

Photo: chicago tribune file photo. Harold Washington taking the Oath of Office 30 years ago today, on April 29, 1983. Harold Washington was sworn in as Chicago's first black mayor 30 years ago ...

(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Chicago history is Black history, and that union is perhaps strongest in the story of Chicago's first Black mayor. “We're actually in the Harold Washington exhibit, in the ...

Brandon Johnson is now Chicago’s third elected Black mayor in the history of the city. ... Johnson’s election comes 40 years after the election of Chicago’s first Black mayor Harold Washington.

Chicago Chicago mayor roasted for October remark that his 'Black wife' is one factor keeping him from border visit Johnson had vowed to check out the border crisis first hand ...