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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Chicago is the home of Harold Washington one man who left a legacy that changed the face of American politics. ... A Natural Born Leader: Washington's Younger Years On April 15, 1922, Reverend Roy Washington, a lawyer and AME minister and his wife, well known singer Bertha Washington, birthed Harold Washington. ... Harold Washington was later elected the Mayor of Chicago. ... Harold Washington paved the way for young black, Hispanic men and women to enter politics. ... The Democratic Party was led from then on, by mayors who supported the working class.5 Harold Washington was a people per...
The author, Harold Conklin (1926-present) had been a famous professor at Yale University since 1962, and he just retired in 2000. ... References: •Conklin, Harold C. ... Washington: Technical Publications, 1963 • http://www.yale.edu/anthro/people/faculty/hconklin.html In general, Ethnographic Atlas of Ifugao covers the land use of Ifugao, the land and society, the agricultural year with lots of black and white photos, and full-color series of map plates. ...
It was said that within hours of the attack, FBI agents were sweeping California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii for the Japanese Americans. ... The rest were spread out in Washington and Oregon.2 These were just some of the injustices that the Japanese-Americans faced in the twentieth century. ... They also did not have to worry about buying or preparing food in the camps. 2 " On April 13, 1944, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes made his first public statement about Japanese Americans following the transfer of the WRA to his department."4 "Ickes" outspoken public support of the rights...
Morrison went to Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1949, to study English. ... It wasn't long before Toni met Harold Morrison, a young architect, who also taught at Howard University. They married in 1958 and had two sons, Harold and Slade, before divorcing in 1964. ... Morrison was given a National Arts and Humanities Award by President Bill Clinton in Washington, D.C. ...
Ed Mason, for whose seminar James had written a paper on the uses of statistical forecasting in economic mobilization, steered him to a job in Washington in a new agency charged with restricting civilian uses, e.g., in autos and other consumer durables, of metals and other materials needed for growing defense production. ... When James received a letter from the Harvard Economics Chairman, Harold H. ...
Sent from Tokyo to a Japanese Embassy in Washington, it was encoded in the top-level Japanese "Purple Code", it stated that the Japanese were going to end relations with the United States. ... Gerow, Admirals Harold R. ... These men were the military's "top brass" in Washington and the only officers authorized to forward such sensitive intelligence to remote commanders. ... A warning went to Washington, where it was dismissed by Roosevelt as a politically motivated rumor circulated by Republicans. ... Other historians have challenged that "the Japanese caught us by surprise due to faul...
