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Harold Washington

            Harold Washington was a man who believed that everyone should be treated fairly no matter what the persons ethnic background was or whether they were male or female. Throughout his life he pushed to make sure that some how he could make a difference in his community. Washington was born on April 15th, 1922 to Roy and Bertha Washington. He was born and raised in the city of Chicago at Cook County Hospital. At the young age of four his father always encouraged him to read every night and to appreciate education because it would pay off in his future. In 1926 his mother left the family leaving behind 4 kids and a husband to raise the children on his own. Washington's father was determined to raise the family while he went to Law School at night and was a full time worker at the Union Stockyard. Even though Washington was raised without a mother he was still able to become very successful in life.
             Washington went to a local public school where he graduated and then moved on to DuSable High school. While in High School he had a job at the Wilson and Company working in the freezer department with the meat packers. In February of 1943 dropped out of High School and joined the Army, where he earned his high school equivalency diploma. He was Part of the 1887th Engineer Aviation Battalion and was First Sergeant. While he was First Sergeant his unit received the Meritorious Service Award. After his discharge in 1946, he enrolled at Roosevelt College in Chicago. Washington started his leadership roles by becoming president of his class, which gave him a head start on the path of becoming a leader and making changes. After graduating he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps for six months . He looked up to his father and felt he should give Law School a try, and he did. In 1952 he graduated from Northwestern University Law School where there were only a few African Amercian students enrolled.


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... the courtesy to return his calls. He was so hurt about being rejected that he told his story to a Chicago Sun-Times reporter. Harold Washington relied on Bill Berry's connections to lure campaign funds and support but Berry's calls only brought so much. Most of Chicago's business community ... Sid Ordower announced that Jane Byrne had gone to bed. Most of the audience was disappointed because she had retired without conceding to Harold Washington. Many of the campaign officials were proclaiming that victory was on the way. Shortly after 2:00 A.M., ninety-eight percent of the votes ... ha...

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2. Chicago and the Legacy of Harold Washington

... from perils of injustice, segregation and the divisive issues above-my city is the birthplace of African American political leadership. Chicago is the home of Harold Washington one man who left a legacy that changed the face of American politics. He was the first, and still is the only, African American mayor ... from where there was controversy while he was growing up and he was expecting it when running for mayor so he knows how to handle controversy. Harold Washington paved the way for young black, Hispanic men and women to enter politics. Through clear racism, he was able to lead a c...

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3. How Much Did FDR Know

... had solved their purple code. Although they suspected that Japan would attack, Marshall and Admiral Harold R. Stark pressured Roosevelt to respond calmly. The Secretary of War, Henry Stimson and The Secretary of The Interior, Harold Ickes urged the president to take action against Japan. Washington received many reports that the missing Kido Butai was heading east toward Hawaii. There were warnings ... in the Atlantic and Europe. America was also receiving information from the British intelligence. There were foreign correspondents for The New York Times, The Herald Tribune, and The Wash...

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4. The Bluest Eye - Literary Analysis

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6. Mistake

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... UP, 2008. Oxford African American Studies Center. Sun Feb 26 21:38:27 EST 2012. . Buck, Christopher. Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy. Los Angeles, California: Kalimat Press, 2005. Print. Washington, Johnny. Alain Locke and Philosophy: A Quest for Cultural Pluralism. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986. Print. Linnemann, Russell J. Alain Locke: Reflections on a Modern Renaissance Man. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State ... commenting on The New Negro movement that nurtured such well-known figures guided by Alain Locke. Yet the movement has fallen short of the high standards by such scholars ...

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8. Alain Locke and the Associates in Negro Folk Education

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