McGill. Roderick followed his father into politics. In 2011, Roderick Sawyer was elected as 6th ward alderman, the same post which his father had held. See also Steve Cokely References External links Mayor Eugene Sawyer at the Chicago Public Library, including link to text of acceptance speech Archival Collections maintained by Special Collections department of the Chicago Public Library located in the Harold Washington Library, including the Eugene Sawyer Collection Eugene Sawyer Mayoral Records Finding Aid for the Eugene Sawyer Collection funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources and produced by the Black Metropolis Research Consortium "Color Curtain Processing Project" Eugene Sawyer article archive at the Chicago Tribune Eugene Sawyer article archive at the Los Angeles Times Eugene Sawyer article collection at The New York Times 1934 births 2008 deaths People from Greensboro, Alabama Illinois Democrats Mayors of Chicago African-American mayors in Illinois Chicago City Council members Alabama State University alumni 20th-century American politicians 20th-century African-American politicians 21st-century African-American people