Harold Washington

The city of Chicago celebrated the 100th birthday of Harold Washington, the city’s first Black mayor Friday. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports on the people he worked with, accomplishments and challenges he faced.

NBC 5 reporter LeeAnn Trotter leads a virtual roundtable discussion on The Legacy of Harold Washington. Panelists share Washington’s defining moments that shaped Chicago amid racial tensions, giving viewers deeper perspective on what Chicago was like in the 1980s.

Harold Washington’s election as the first Black mayor of Chicago ushered in a new era for the city, but from his election to his battles in office to his untimely death while in office, Washington’s story lives on in more ways than one.

Friday would have been the 100th birthday of Chicago’s first Black Mayor.

In honor of Harold Washington’s centennial birthday, NBC Chicago will shine a light on the late mayor’s life and legacy starting Friday, April 15 on NBC Chicago’s channel on Peacock. From Washington’s historic election and reign as Chicago’s first Black Mayor to his shocking death, back-to-back news stories will stream all weekend long.

Chicago’s first Black mayor Harold Washington would have been 100 years old on Friday, and city leaders and politicians honored the trailblazer in an event at the Harold Washington Library. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos reports.

One group explains how former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington made progress for the LGBTQ+ community citywide. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

From a skyscraper-climbing spider-man to the shocking and devastating Loop train crash, a new NBC Chicago docuseries has brought some of the city’s biggest stories back to the screen.

The 1983 race that elevated Harold Washington to power as Chicago’s first Black mayor also revealed deep-seated divides in the city. NBC 5’s Carol Marin reports.

If there was one thing in life former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington loved, it was being mayor. “We’re number one, we’re number one, one, one,” he grinned and chanted with a female group of Chicago Bears fans during the team’s run to the 1986 Super Bowl title. Washington relished moments of levity, even in the midst of a titanic...

Some Chicago aldermen spent a lot of money to get out the vote in the last election but they never reported how the money was spent. Now, a prominent politician wants to change the law. NBC 5’s Political Editor Carol Marin reports.

Time to change the law, says David Orr.

Even though he faces a federal complaint, Ald. Ed Burke is running for re-election–and he defended himself Wednesday in an exclusive interview with Telemundo and NBC 5.

The Burger King near the scene of the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald is the unnamed company longtime Ald. Ed Burke has been charged with allegedly attempting to extort, two sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to NBC 5 political editor Carol Marin.

Powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke has been charged with attempted extortion for “corruptly soliciting business” for his law firm, weeks after federal agents conducted raids at his 14th Ward office and his finance committee suite on Nov. 29, and then again at City Hall on Dec. 13. The federal complaint was unsealed Thursday.

Powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke has been charged weeks after federal agents conducted raids at his 14th Ward office and his finance committee suite on Nov. 29, and then again at City Hall on Dec. 13.

Ald. Ed Burke was charged Thursday with attempted extortion, but this isn’t the first time the federal government has launched a City Hall investigation involving the powerful Chicago politician.

Powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke has been charged weeks after federal agents conducted raids at his 14th Ward office and his finance committee suite on Nov. 29, and then again at City Hall on Dec. 13.