Millennium City: Richard M. Daley & Global Chicago

Demographic Transformations

Daley's tenure as mayor coincided with a decrease in Chicago's Black population. From 1980 through 2020, approximately 350,000 people left the city.

Avis LaVelle, Daley’s press secretary (1989-1992), Barack Obama, U.S. president (2009-2017), and William Daley, the mayor's brother, comment on those demographic changes:

U.S. President Barack Obama (2009-2017) comments further:

 

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