James Chase 1981.jpg
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Chase in his office as mayor, 1981
This file appears in: Mayor James Chase: The First Black Mayor of Spokane had a Humble Beginning
Mayor James Chase: The First Black Mayor of Spokane had a Humble Beginning
Born in 1914 to a working-class African American family in dusty Wharton, Texas, James E. Chase might not have seemed like a future mayor. The youngest of seven, money was right in his family,…