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A can't-miss part of summer
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen the 83rd Bud Billiken Parade steps off on Saturday, it will be hard to underplay the importance of the event for Chicago's African-American community — and the whole city. But at its roots, it's a parade, and kids love a parade. Chicago...Tags: Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, Jesse Jackson, Jesse Owens, Muhammad Ali
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Bud Billiken Parade starts back-to-school season
Tribune reporterThe annual Bud Billiken Parade today signaled the coming end of summer with a new mayor and the same spirit that has brought music, food and old-fashioned politicking to Bronzeville for 82 years. The parade, meant to get kids ready for school, was Rahm...Tags: Regional Authority, Minority Groups, Martin Luther King Jr., R. Kelly, Politics
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Founding of the Chicago Defender
![A European visitor observed in 1891 how few blacks there were in Chicago and opined that "the severity of the climate repels the Africans."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-08/34342863-15100013.jpg "A European visitor observed in 1891 how few blacks there were in Chicago and opined that "the severity of the climate repels the Africans.\"")
Tribune staff reporterA European visitor observed in 1891 how few blacks there were in Chicago and opined that "the severity of the climate repels the Africans." It was the genius of Robert S. Abbott, who on this date published the first edition of the Chicago Defender, to...Tags: Minority Groups, African Americans, World War I (1914-1918), Georgia, Newspaper and Magazine
Aug 5, 2012
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Aug 13, 2011
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Dec 19, 2007
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