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Chicago has had 57 mayors since it incorporated in 1837. Only four have been Black: Harold Washington, Eugene Sawyer, Lori Lightfoot and Brandon Johnson. Even that count requires context. Washington, Lightfoot and Johnson won citywide elections. Sawyer was selected by the City Council after Washington died in office. Measured another way, Chicago waited 146 years […] The post Why has Chicago elected only four Black mayors? appeared first on Rolling Out .