Jesse Owens is not he only notable resident of Oak Woods since . . .
Harold Washington is also buried here. Mr. Washington was the first African-American mayor of the city of Chicago. He stands out here the way the first Irish mayors stood out in Boston -- he reflects the passing of the baton of respectability to a group that is passing from a political minority to a majority.
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