Title The multiracial promise : Harold Washington's Chicago and the democratic struggle in Reagan's America / Gordon K. Mantler

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps Series Justice, power, and politics Justice, power, and politics. Contents 1. From Politics to Protest -- 2. Shifting Alliances -- 3. Winning by Losing? -- 4. We Were Invisible -- 5. The Grassroots Challenge -- 6. Race and a New Democratic Coalition -- 7. Fighting Wars of All Kinds -- 8. Latinos and a Governing Majority -- 9. The Fragility of Coalitions -- Epilogue. Legacies and the New Machine Summary "Harold Washington was the first African American mayor of Chicago. Elected in 1983 by a multiracial coalition of voters, his victory was seen as a rebuke of the city's longstanding machine politics. Washington's Political Education Project, formed in 1984, helped organize this emerging Democratic coalition and brought him growing influence over national politics as the party sought a viable alternative to Reagan Republicanism. This book is less a biography than a narrative and analysis of Chicago's complicated role in late twentieth century American political history. Mantler places Harold Washington at the center of a complicated, multiracial political movement. The coalition politics associated with Washington's rise has lived on and is now regarded as the foundation of the contemporary Democratic Party electorate"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Washington, Harold, 1922-1987. SUBJECT Washington, Harold, 1922-1987 fast Subject African American mayors -- Illinois -- Chicago Mayors -- Illinois -- Chicago POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory Race relations Politics and government Mayors African American mayors SUBJECT Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023242 Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140455 Subject United States Illinois -- Chicago Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469673882 1469673886

Other Titles Harold Washington's Chicago and the democratic struggle in Reagan's America

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