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After her landslide victory, Lori Lightfoot speaks to her supporters as the Chicago’s first Black female mayor.

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What Does the Lightfoot Election Mean for Chicago’s Black Businesses?

When Lori Lightfoot is sworn in next month as Chicago’s first Black woman and openly gay person mayor, her administration’s first term will commence with the support of at least one national organization while under the watchful eye of another. The nonprofit, “In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda,” said it looks forward to Lightfoot’s leadership after her historic April 2 victory, but publishers from Chicago Area Black-owned newspapers said they’ll keep an open mind and a watchful eye