Revisiting Harold Washington’s Chicago

August 1, 2023.Reading time 13 minutes.

The Metropole Bookshelf is an opportunity for authors of forthcoming or recently published books to let the UHA community know about their new work in the field. By Gordon Mantler In the winter of 1983, civil rights veteran and activist Al Raby wrote “The Meaning of Harold Washington’s Campaign,” an essay in which he attempted […]

All Stick No Carrot: Racism, Property Tax Assessments, and Neoliberalism Post 1945 Chicago

May 9, 2019.Reading time 24 minutes.

Our focus on the new edited volume, Shaped by the State: Toward a New Political History of the Twentieth Century continues as we discuss race and property tax assessments with University of Virginia historian, Andrew Kahrl who contributed the essay, “The Short Ends of Both Sticks: Property Assessments and Black Taxpayer Disadvantage in Urban America.” […]