First Black Mayor

On Monday, Boston’s mayor Marty Walsh resigned from his post to become President Joe Biden’s labor secretary, paving the way for former city councilor Kim Janey to taking over as mayor. For over 100 years, Boston has had an Irish-American and one Italian-American mayor. Now, a Black Woman will be in charge. “History will be […]

Soon there will be a new docu-series about the life and career of Chicago’s first Black mayor, Harold Washington. The story will be told by Fosse/Verdon writer Ike Holter under Paylocity founder Steve Sarowitz and Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios. The limited series will be based on the 1992 book Fire on the Prairie, written by […]