The Multiracial Promise - Harold Washington s Chicago and the Democratic Struggle in Reagan s

"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"--

About the author

Gordon K. Mantler is associate professor of writing and history and executive director of the University Writing Program at George Washington University. He is author of Power to the Poor: Black-Brown Coalition and the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960-1974.

Product details

• Authors: Gordon K Mantler, Gordon K. Mantler
• Publisher: University Of North Carolina
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781469673868
• ISBN: 978-1-4696-7386-8
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Justice, Power and Politics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories