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Showing posts with label Black Chicago. Show all posts

Black Chicago Commemorates the 85th Annual Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic

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  Everyone who is anyone is said to have participated in the Bud Billiken parade -- from Joe Louis , Muhammad Ali, Duke Ellington, Bi...

The Soul of Bronzeville: The Regal, Club DeLisa and The Blues Exhibit

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The DuSable Museum of African American History presents the exhibition “The Soul of Bronzeville: The Regal, Club DeLisa and The Blues....

Black Media Mogul: Oprah Winfrey

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Photo: Oprah Winfrey on the U.S. Presidential campaign trail with Chicagoans Barack and Michelle Obama Originally named "Orpah" G...
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The Black Church as Civil Rights Headquarter and Community Center: Chicago's Quinn Chapel AME Church and Olivet Baptist Church

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Photo: Quinn Chapel Church in Chicago QUINN CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH Founded in 1844, the Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (A....
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Anthony Overton: A Black Manufacturer, Banker, Lawyer and Publisher

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Photo: Anthony Overton (b. March 21, 1865 - d. July 2, 1946) On March 21, 1865, Anthony Overton was born into slavery in Monroe, Lo...
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Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. | Political Activist & Founder of Operation PUSH Organization

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Photo: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Jesse Jackson  was born on  October 8, 1941 , in  Greenville, South Carolina , and died in Chicago on Feb...
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Black Politics: Oscar Stanton DePriest and Unity Hall

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Photo: Oscar Stanton DePriest  (b. March 9, 1871 - d. May 12, 1951) In 1915, Oscar Stanton DePriest was elected the first African Ame...
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Dr. Theodore Kenneth Lawless: Dermatologist, Businessman, and Philanthropist

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Photo: Dr. Theodore K. Lawless (b.  Dec. 6, 1892  - d. May 1, 1971) Dr. Theodore Kenneth "T.K." Lawless had an extensive ...
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Black Chicago and the Regal Theater

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Photo of Regal Theater: "Movie theater, Southside, Chicago, Illinois" (1941, Library of Congress) It is hard for many yo...
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Etta Moten Barnett: African American Singer and Actress

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Photo: Etta Moten Barnett  (b. Nov. 5, 1901 – d. Jan. 2, 2004)   i n Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Etta Moten Barnett has been a tireless p...

John H. Johnson: The Johnson Publishing Company of Chicago

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Photo: John Harold Johnson  (b. Jan. 19, 1918 – d. Aug. 8, 2005) The Johnson Publishing Company, started by Johnson H. Johnson, is am...

Joe Louis: The "Brown Bomber" World Heavyweight Boxing Champion

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Photo: Joseph Louis Barrow (b. May 13, 1914 – d. April 12, 1981) (P hoto by Carl Van Vechten) Joe Louis Barrow will always top the...

The Harold Washington Library: A Library in Honor of Chicago's First Black Mayor

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Photo: Chicago Mayor Harold Lee Washington  (b. April 15, 1922 – d. Nov. 25, 1987) Born in Chicago on April 15, 1922, Harold Lee Washington...
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