Fire on the Prairie: Chicago's Harold Washington and the Politics of Race by Gary Rivlin

Fire on the Prairie: Chicago's Harold Washington and the Politics of Race

Gary Rivlin

464 pages • first pub 1992 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history politics emotional reflective medium-paced
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Chicago--a name synonymous with tough urban politics and racial conflict. In 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr., set the nation's sights on the city when he said, If we crack Chicago, then we crack the world. Black empowerment would take off like a pra...

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