Harold! The Book
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Capturing the moment -- The man, the era, the history
This handsome book captures in words and pictures the powerful emotions that circled around one man in Chicago in the early 1980's: Harold Washington. More than one hundred pictures, from candid shots on the campaign trail to triumphant public appearances, give readers a window onto a man who won over an entire city. Washington's mayoral win represented a faltering of the previously all-powerful Chicago Machine, and his campaign was a part of a larger civil rights crusade that forged unity in the black community in Chicago.
Antonio Dickey and Marc PoKempner were there with Washington throughout 1982-87, Dickey as his campaign and personal photographer and PoKempner on assignment for the New York Times, People and Time, capturing the force of his personality and the inspiration he brought to Chicago. Their photographs have become the definitive documentation of the Harold years and were featured in the Chicago Historical Society’s 2003-2004 exhibit "Harold Washington: The Man and the Movement." They were there for his underdog rise, his win, his first term, and his untimely death just seven months into his second term. The year 2007 marks the twentieth anniversary of Washington's death, and this loving tribute in words and pictures will keep his message alive for future generations.
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Noted local photographer Antonio Dickey snapped photos of Harold Washington during his 1982-83 Chicago mayoral campaign. Once elected, Washington appointed him as his official photographer. He has held this City Hall press office position for the past 25 years, serving every administration since. He got his start at the Chicago Daily Defender and also spent many years with the Midwest Bureau of the Associated Press covering a variety of assignments from sports to elective politics.
Local independent photojournalist Marc PoKempner has had his work exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Center and HotHouse. He’s been on assignment for such publications as Newsweek, Fortune, Forbes, In These Times, Village Voice, Rolling Stone and others. He photographed Harold Washington extensively during his 1983 campaign for The New York Times, People and Time. He is currently represented by the Stephen Daiter Gallery in River North. His previous book is Down at Theresa’s…Chicago Blues (Prestel).
Award-winning journalist Salim Muwakkil is a senior editor of In These Times, where he has worked since 1983. He is currently a Crime and Communities Media Fellow of the Open Society Institute, examining the impact of ex-inmates and gang leaders in leadership positions in the black community. He serves as a board member for the Progressive Media Project and The Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council. He has written for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Post, Chicago Reader, Chicago Magazine, Toronto Star, Newsday, Utne Reader and many others.
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Northwestern University Press
ISBN 0-8101-2446-7
$19.95 List
11 x 9, 120 pp.
Trade Paper
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