Mayor Sawyer gives the 'thumbs up" sign to Jesse Jackson.Eugene Sawyer (September 3, 1934 – January 19, 2008) was an American businessman and politician who served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1987–1989) as a member of the Democratic Party. He was the second African American to serve as mayor of Chicago. Sawyer was born in Greensboro, Alabama and studied at Alabama State University. After graduating, he had a brief stint as a chemistry and math teacher in Prentiss, Mississippi, before moving to Chicago to do laboratory work in 1957. Soon after, he began to get involved in politics, becoming the president and financial secretary of the 6th Ward Young Democrats.(Wikipedia)
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