Dempsey Travis

Harold, the People's Mayor (eBook, ePUB)

The Biography of Harold Washington

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

• Published to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Harold Washington's death
• A powerful biography that tells the story of Chicago's first black mayor and brings the longtime (and ongoing) issues of racial divisions in Chicago to the foreground
• Author Dempsey Travis's 50-plus-year friendship with Harold Washington gave him personal insight into Washington's entire life, from childhood to death
• Author was a civil rights activist, successful businessman, founder of the Urban Research Institute, and prolific writer
• Harold Washington was a beloved local and national figure known as "the people's mayor," and his dynamic political career inspired former President Barack Obama
• Dempsey Travis's authorized biography of Harold Washington has been revised and repackaged with a new introduction

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Agate Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781572848122
• Artikelnr.: 51647134

Autorenporträt

Dempsey Travis (1920-2009) was born and raised in Chicago. He was a real estate magnate, civil rights activist, jazz musician, and author. He graduated from Chicago's DuSable High School in 1939 and served in the US Army during World War II. He graduated from Roosevelt University in 1949 and received a degree from the School of Mortgage Banking at Northwestern University in 1969. He is the author of numerous works of political and cultural history and commentary, including An Autobiography of Black Chicago, which Agate reissued in 2013 as part of its Bolden Lives line. He was a contributing writer to Ebony and the Black Scholar, among many other publications.