Harold Lee Washington was an American lawyer and politician who was the 51st Mayor of Chicago. Washington became the first African American to be elected as the city’s mayor in April 1983 after a coalition of Black-brown unity supported his election. Continue reading Profile: Harold Washington (1922-1987)
Mary Frances Berry is an American historian who is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the former chairwoman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and the former board chair of Pacifica Radio. Continue reading Profile: Mary Frances Berry (1938-)
Violette Neatley Anderson she became the first African-American woman to practice law before the United States Supreme Court on January 29, 1926. Continue reading Who is Violette Neatley Anderson (1882-1937)
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