<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Washington" id="mwARA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Harold Washington">Harold Washington</a> is elected as the first black mayor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" id="mwARE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>.<sup about="#mwt97" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_12#cite_note-16" id="mwARI" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwARM">[16]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"><cite about="#mwt94" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFDavis">Davis, Robert. <a class="external text" href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/chi-chicagodays-haroldwashington-story-story.html" id="mwB9U" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The election of Harold Washington the first black mayor of Chicago"</a>. <i id="mwB9Y">chicagotribune.com</i>.</cite><span about="#mwt94" class="Z3988" id="mwB9c" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=chicagotribune.com&amp;rft.atitle=The+election+of+Harold+Washington+the+first+black+mayor+of+Chicago&amp;rft.aulast=Davis&amp;rft.aufirst=Robert&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2Fnation-world%2Fchi-chicagodays-haroldwashington-story-story.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+12"></span></span>