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Book SynopsisTrade Review“An important, underemphasized history of persistent attempted settlement by Black migrants from the U.S. South to the rural and small city Midwest. The author mounts a challenge to received wisdom and even the received archive that combines the meticulous use of traditional sources with innovative research strategies. The result is a fascinating account of how terror and exclusion were cleansed from historical memory.”--David Roediger, author of
The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the RightTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction--Chicago’s Turbulent Political History Betty O’Shaughnessy
- 1983-1987: Harold Washington--Cultural Transformation of City Government in Chicago and A Sense of Possibility Xolela Mangcu and Gregory D. Squires
- 1987-1989: The Sawyer Interregnum Monroe Anderson
- 1989-2011: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Spectacle Costas Spirou and Dennis R. Judd
- 2011-2019: Rahm Emanuel--Chicago in Change and Crisis Kari Lydersen and Daniel Bliss
- 2019-present: Lori Lightfoot’s Two Coalitions Marco Rosaire Rossi and Dick Simpson
Conclusion: Modern Mayors of Chicago Dick Simpson
Epilogue: History Continues Dick Simpson
Appendix A: Historical List of Chicago Mayors
Appendix B: Corruption
Contemporary Chicago Bibliography Clinton Stockwell
Contributors
Index
