James E. Chase was a prominent and respected civic leader in Spokane, Washington. Chase went from being a shoe-shiner to the first Black mayor in Spokane's history. He was born in Wharton, Texas, in 1914, to a poor family. He was the youngest of seven children growing up in segregated Texas The Great Depression put an […]
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