This website contains the collective work of Peoples College, an organization of movement activists based in Black Studies. We took the campaign seriously just as we criticized it, worked within it, and have since kept its memory alive. We have presented here digital files of our work:

1. A video clip from a lecture he gave at the University of Illinois, September 1982 before he declared for mayor.

2. A book that presents our analysis of his campaign (by Alkalimat and Gills)

3. Proceedings of a conference that brought most of the movement activists together who were working in the Washington first mayoral campaign

4. Volumes that aggregate the articles from the main stream press and from the left press.

5. A study that documents our research and archive on campaign

6. Research materials of our work, background material on history and theory, and other material from research on Black mayors. 
   

This campaign was critical because it proved the following:

>Black people can be the basis for progressive politics if led by activists in the Black liberation struggle;

>Black Latino unity is essential for progressive politics;

>A progressive agenda must be based on politics that serve the quality of life in the neighborhoods of the city;

>The organizations of progressive politics should remain autonomous from City Hall