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I cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government.

Harold Washington

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Harold Washington
Age: 65 †
Born: 1922
Born: April 15
Died: 1987
Died: November 25
Former Mayor Of Chicago
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Harold Lee Washington
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