San Antonio College Library

Explores the enigma of America's most powerful urban politician: a man who mastered the traditional political means as no one had done before him, but who could not come to grips with the new political challenges of the 60's from blacks and young people.

From his first election in 1955 to 1976, Mayor Richard J. Daley dominated Chicago's political landscape. The story of Daley is also the story of Chicago. Faced with issues confronting many American cities in the twentieth century - civil rights, integration, race riots, fiscal crisis, housing, suburban flight, urban renewal - Daley conducted Chicago's business with a steadfast resolve to withstand the many changes that threatened to engulf his city....