I’ve been going to the Harold Washington Library Center diligently since I was 18. The summer between high school and college ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a good day, Christopher Crotwell said he will usually leave his job of eight years at Harold Washington Library feeling sad. On ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- At the library that bears his name, a party was held for Harold Washington to celebrate what would have been his 100th birthday. The crowd of attendees was as diverse as the coalition ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new exhibit at the Harold Washington Library highlights Harold Washington's trailblazing path to City Hall and his accomplishments as mayor. "What this exhibit does is celebrate the ...

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CHICAGO (CBS) --With the late Harold Washington's 100th birthday coming up on April 15, the city is planning a centennial celebration next week at the downtown library that bears the name of the ...

Some talented chess players faced off Tuesday at Chicago's Harold Washington Library. The chess players are seasoned competitors, and they're all still students in the Chicago Public Schools. Trophies ...

A century after his birth, the legacy of former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington offers much for the city he once governed to celebrate and, looking forward, to contemplate. Although he is most widely ...

CHICAGO — April 26, 2022 – As Chicago commemorates what would have been the 100th birthday of the city’s first Black mayor, Harold Washington, WGN News presents a roundtable discussion, “Harold ...

Thirty-five years ago, on the eve of Thanksgiving 1987, Chicago Mayor Harold Washington died unexpectedly after suffering a heart attack just months into his second term. The story of that “cool and ...

Focusing on respondents who only cited their experience at one facility, the Tribune looked at facilities with at least 30 responses and found the system’s main library — Harold Washington — had the ...