Diverse Coalition
Mayor Daley won support from a cross-section of Chicago's people.
Victor Reyes, who worked in Daley’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (1995-2000), comments on the mayor’s connections with the Latino community:
img: [Mayor Richard M. Daley walks in Mexican Independence Day parade in Chicago, September 9, 2000. Richard M. Daley papers, University of Illinois at Chicago Library, EXH_RMD16_07_0198_0002_001_016A]
Jim Williams, press secretary to Mayor Daley (1992-1997), discusses Daley's success at winning a growing share of the African American vote:
img: [Mayor Richard M. Daley speaks with children at an event to celebrate the grand opening of the Rainbow Beach house in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood, May 29, 1999. Richard M. Daley papers, University of Illinois at Chicago Library, EXH_RMD16_07_0182_0023_001_035.]
Don Rose, a civil rights activist and political consultant, offers a different view: