Race and President Obama’s Historic Reelection Campaign

The Takeaway

Before he was even in the Senate, Barack Obama claimed that he was inspired to move to Chicago by Harold Washington, a man who would become the city’s first African-American mayor. What else do these writers of political history have in common?  Anna Sale, reporter for It’s a Free Country, leads us through the parallels of the lives of Harold Washington and Barack Obama.  

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