Black Soldiers Inwards American Wars: Chicago's Fighting Eighth Too The 370Th Regiment

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fUzZWU9-bl5WcFxBXhdFMGeAwfhm727ly68jqewYV3Z7re7yWTmPpREjBNr6nUvUGPCq-NT7uxBQr60RDH6ShR_7ZYnf2Q9pC4RcBIfoQL_spFOS9nWHTR7r9jH-PInMbDc_-3BQCs4/s1600-h/Another+Group+of+officers+of+the+370th+%28Old+8th+Illinois%29+on+the+deck+of+the+La+France+before+landing..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fUzZWU9-bl5WcFxBXhdFMGeAwfhm727ly68jqewYV3Z7re7yWTmPpREjBNr6nUvUGPCq-NT7uxBQr60RDH6ShR_7ZYnf2Q9pC4RcBIfoQL_spFOS9nWHTR7r9jH-PInMbDc_-3BQCs4/s400/Another+Group+of+officers+of+the+370th+%28Old+8th+Illinois%29+on+the+deck+of+the+La+France+before+landing..jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Group of officers of the 370th (Old Fighting 8th) on the </b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>deck of the La France.</b> </span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Left to right: sec Lt. Lawson Price; </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2nd Lt. L. W. Stearls; </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2nd Lt. Ed. White; </span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2nd Lt. Eli F. E. Williams; </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1st Lt. Oasola Browning; </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Capt. Louis B. Johnson; </span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1st Lt. Frank Bates; </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1st Lt. Binga Desmond)</span></span></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Eighth Regiment of the Illinois National Guard is said to accept started every bit the volunteer Hannibal Guard militia inwards the twelvemonth 1871. They afterward became a partition of the Illinois National Guard together with was organized during the Spanish-American War of 1898 every bit an all-Black volunteer regiment. Called the "Fighting 8th" infantry, the regiment served along the Mexican edge inwards 1916 together with inwards French Republic nether Colonel Franklin A. Denison during World War I, when the regiment was incorporated into the 370th U.S. Infantry.<br /> <br /> The Fighting Eighth gained particular recognition every bit the regiment that finally drove the High German forces from the Aisne-Marne percentage of French Republic prior to the Armistice inwards 1918. Under the leadership of Brigadier General Richard L. Jones, the 370th Infantry Regiment was awarded 71 War Crosses amongst particular citations for valor together with merit together with 21 Distinguished Service Crosses. General Jones was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for valor inwards battle.</div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xOlUJcW1x2ty_rVjyO6TN6WirFDh8Q_XXWNdsPz1lawP47UgB7wDMfUj-nH4O9iQFccDvBGMdZQd60CUWo5k0PxALSMNzCqzBY-XKt297ywC8ENzM6fxlilgIbgoLeBmQeNqLMnHcBQ/s1600-h/chicago+welcomes+fighters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xOlUJcW1x2ty_rVjyO6TN6WirFDh8Q_XXWNdsPz1lawP47UgB7wDMfUj-nH4O9iQFccDvBGMdZQd60CUWo5k0PxALSMNzCqzBY-XKt297ywC8ENzM6fxlilgIbgoLeBmQeNqLMnHcBQ/s1600/chicago+welcomes+fighters.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Chicago return of the 370th Regiment (Old eighth l1linois) </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">passing inwards parade at 13th St. together with Michigan Ave.</span></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUu3Oo3ZF_2Tkjc7NXUz7igMi7XJs38jZMAlR7RQQkQljf1ukoGL5Ggkch2w6r5FOoXMIhgBSqUPay8s3psSN0IztVZpbWPWZQ6DOTizFw1W413syHGPuwlGX7hSdXR0faM2obmNTyUrk/s1600-h/welcoming+home+a+fighting+eight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUu3Oo3ZF_2Tkjc7NXUz7igMi7XJs38jZMAlR7RQQkQljf1ukoGL5Ggkch2w6r5FOoXMIhgBSqUPay8s3psSN0IztVZpbWPWZQ6DOTizFw1W413syHGPuwlGX7hSdXR0faM2obmNTyUrk/s1600/welcoming+home+a+fighting+eight.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Some of the Chicago girls welcoming domicile ane of the </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> military machine men of the 370th (Old eighth Illinois National Guard)</div> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">THE EIGHTH REGIMENT ARMORY</span></b><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7YloCKmsv6w_gxii8FXiJI109vCeXgpE9dU3YQhXj7AT8zgrGusUccbmHM2eY4454k9Eq5-ds5aWr5wkeyXQANXW1VeM0Ka0wi-2uxw30hW3vfw1QjFEvtPOxNZShvLpeBVCufDjY8IQ/s1600-h/Eighth_Regiment_Armory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7YloCKmsv6w_gxii8FXiJI109vCeXgpE9dU3YQhXj7AT8zgrGusUccbmHM2eY4454k9Eq5-ds5aWr5wkeyXQANXW1VeM0Ka0wi-2uxw30hW3vfw1QjFEvtPOxNZShvLpeBVCufDjY8IQ/s1600/Eighth_Regiment_Armory.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Exterior thought of the Eighth Regiment infantry armory </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Source: <i>Chicago Daily News</i>, 1915)</span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Eighth Regiment Armory was originally headquartered inwards what has been described inwards the literature every bit a "stable" at the corner of 35th Street together with Forest Avenue inwards Chicago. This facility was inadequate for military machine purposes together with a novel armory edifice was completed inwards 1915 after petitions were circulated inwards the Illinois legislature for a novel armory. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This was the showtime armory built for an African-American military machine regiment inwards the U.S.  It was intended for both military machine and community use. It became the site of numerous neighborhood meetings together with social functions inside the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District inwards the Douglas community expanse of Chicago. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 notable effect at the armory includes a <a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com//search?q=marcus-garvey" target="_blank">Marcus Garvey</a>, founder of the United Negro Improvement Association. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The avenue where the armory presides was named inwards observe of Lt. George R. Giles, the regiment's highest ranking officeholder to move killed inwards the trace of piece of employment of duty. The armory shut inwards the early on 1960s together with re-emerged every bit the South Central Gymnasium. After an extensive renovation it was reopened inwards 1999 every bit a Chicago world high school. The edifice is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 3533 S. Giles Avenue inwards Chicago, Illinois.</div> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">VICTORY MONUMENT IN CHICAGO</span></b><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3aTAvXm68-Cr_tZhPGpTMqEcHZQdTk94mm_oFiRGwQEE-8SZufL2oDtp-JtXRZLd4M7xtudeyu7JlAI-CQpaaT67o8KHZH7AgZMy8R-5p3sZmUYgDDR8DpH3KQwcKBDESG5RuOb7CMRk/s1600-h/Victory+Monument.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3aTAvXm68-Cr_tZhPGpTMqEcHZQdTk94mm_oFiRGwQEE-8SZufL2oDtp-JtXRZLd4M7xtudeyu7JlAI-CQpaaT67o8KHZH7AgZMy8R-5p3sZmUYgDDR8DpH3KQwcKBDESG5RuOb7CMRk/s640/Victory+Monument.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">The Victory Monument inwards Honor of the Fighting Eighth</span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Victory Monument was erected inwards 1927 to observe the Black nation of war soldiers of the Eighth Regiment. The pattern of the monument was developed past times French-born sculptor Leonard Crunelle, a onetime student of noted Chicago sculptor Lorado Taft. The sculpture has 3 panels. One panel depicts a Black soldier, about other a Black woman, together with the in conclusion panel depicts the patriotic figure of "Columbia" belongings a tablet where the locations of the regiments major battles are recorded.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The monument was dedicated on Armistice Day, Nov 11, 1928, inwards an elaborate public ceremony. In 1936, the sculpture of a Black soldier was added to the top of the master copy three-panel monument. The Victory Monument is located at the intersection of 35th Street together with Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive inwards Chicago.<br /> <br /></div> <br /> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"> <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rZRDRg5F0kY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"> </param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rZRDRg5F0kY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <i><br /> </i></div> </div>

Black Soldiers Inwards American Wars: Chicago's Fighting Eighth Too The 370Th Regiment

Group of officers of the 370th (Old Fighting 8th) on the deck of the La France.  (Left to right: sec Lt. Lawson Price; 2nd Lt. L. W. Stearls; 2nd Lt. Ed. White;  2nd Lt. Eli F. E. Williams; 1s…

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Black Chicago Together With The Majestic Theater

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIPc5WG0RjmJFBxrlKdiMcONoKCRQLNV46f7tZvOUJaOKHDyAsZovUO7YJKkLwPq5Yla0Nfs7PXOv7zDcUd-gKEGb17-2VLTphZ_oBxSp14dQnzlQNr44u0hrtWZMQ0NaXQGPmXaCKGo/s1600-h/regal+theater+night.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIPc5WG0RjmJFBxrlKdiMcONoKCRQLNV46f7tZvOUJaOKHDyAsZovUO7YJKkLwPq5Yla0Nfs7PXOv7zDcUd-gKEGb17-2VLTphZ_oBxSp14dQnzlQNr44u0hrtWZMQ0NaXQGPmXaCKGo/s200/regal+theater+night.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo of Regal Theater: "Movie theater, Southside, Chicago, Illinois"</span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(1941, Library of Congress)</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> It is difficult for many immature people to imagine the variety of vibrant too bustling community life that surrounded the onetime site of the Regal Theater. The Savoy Ballroom complex, which would included the Regal Theater, opened on Thanksgiving nighttime inwards 1927 at 4719 S. South Parkway (later known every bit 4719 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive). The Regal Theater opened on Feb 24, 1928, giving nativity to a novel Black Chicago nightlife.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExn7A6Dztw0ususHbyPp-ktzWGDoAet6j-4MO7waxknobreourJjSwIM9NNYxxrsbvB8wBOqdGZkL6Xp-1SeMZYz1914DNaEu7R3GdjAHAZDQY1dGJKEtJk91HvoVxfOVAyRw5qhXTVs/s1600-h/regal+theater.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExn7A6Dztw0ususHbyPp-ktzWGDoAet6j-4MO7waxknobreourJjSwIM9NNYxxrsbvB8wBOqdGZkL6Xp-1SeMZYz1914DNaEu7R3GdjAHAZDQY1dGJKEtJk91HvoVxfOVAyRw5qhXTVs/s320/regal+theater.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Photo: The Regal Theater: "In front end of the film theater, Chicago, Illinois"</b> </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(1941, Library of Congress)</span> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWxxKW9vWKZ-nCiu4yemNZ38Ei1Au3jJBplxsUGHXnykub9JOGmy7pME44vMIQINOqQYdiQBhB1QNlnacrsU0iBhYL9BvCtjpXE-EQvm0BZmk5aA0QvMEmDKVyTw-ynP9T-Q7ORfY9aY/s1600-h/regal+theater+exterior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWxxKW9vWKZ-nCiu4yemNZ38Ei1Au3jJBplxsUGHXnykub9JOGmy7pME44vMIQINOqQYdiQBhB1QNlnacrsU0iBhYL9BvCtjpXE-EQvm0BZmk5aA0QvMEmDKVyTw-ynP9T-Q7ORfY9aY/s320/regal+theater+exterior.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: An Exterior View of Chicago's Regal Theater</span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(ca. 1941, Library of Congress)</span> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Built yesteryear the National Theater Corporation, the Regal Theater was 1 of the get-go home halls that was built specifically for the African American community's entertainment. From 1928-1971, the Regal Theater offered patrons alive performances too films. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Regal Theater acts included Louis Armstrong, County Baise, Cab Calloway, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Lena Horne, the Ink Spots, Moms Mabley, the Mills Brothers, too Bessie Smith. The keen historical acts of the home is commemorated yesteryear the community alongside a mural at the northeast corner of the intersection of 47th Street too Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.<br /> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYaLVP6Jsq5SPOvuFglw-zSYzyqydvi2UxLYtUQSeuIJJR7BmYBPfsuvNKb5dj3J14cWfRcMxJU4azk0LEgmrPNLcIXBf7nXdf8AjW1-Rd-shpcm-bGETaNVj6NIaYMzDsHCiqs6x5qg/s1600-h/regal+theater+interior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYaLVP6Jsq5SPOvuFglw-zSYzyqydvi2UxLYtUQSeuIJJR7BmYBPfsuvNKb5dj3J14cWfRcMxJU4azk0LEgmrPNLcIXBf7nXdf8AjW1-Rd-shpcm-bGETaNVj6NIaYMzDsHCiqs6x5qg/s320/regal+theater+interior.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Photo: "Crowd coming out of Regal film theater, Southside of Chicago, Illinois"</b> </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(1941, Library of Congress)</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Built inwards 1926-27, the Regal Theater architect was John Eberson. Its architecture was the utter of the town. Its Castilian Baroque-revival facade too interior was based on the Moorish designs of North Africa too Spain. The auditorium ceiling was designed to deport upon the underside of an Arabian tent. The heaven too distant castles were painted into the interior facade.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The home featured deed was typically a 22-piece jazz band, the "Regalettes" chorus line, too a Barton House organist. Chicago's Bronzeville community is fond of noting that the history of its community theater predated New York's Apollo Theater too held twice its capacity.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlts72S4mDGAnXDFxymdJJitzQmYFQjmHSDSJG5H7j-yXu3AKa7HP83qkBeZ_q1mm1x2bY9Oejg-m214aCiXwdl2vV5jXXyBEs2Z8y29G9bmu7ekovNU3bZLXbeqMsl9gmOuuMUxsevFc/s1600-h/regal+theater+art+exhibit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlts72S4mDGAnXDFxymdJJitzQmYFQjmHSDSJG5H7j-yXu3AKa7HP83qkBeZ_q1mm1x2bY9Oejg-m214aCiXwdl2vV5jXXyBEs2Z8y29G9bmu7ekovNU3bZLXbeqMsl9gmOuuMUxsevFc/s320/regal+theater+art+exhibit.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Art exhibit inwards the foyer of the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois" </span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Library of Congress, 1941)</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <b>THE NEW REGAL THEATER</b><br /> <br /> In 1973, the Regal Theater, located at 4719 S. King Dr. Street, was demolished. the New Regal Theater, originally named the Avalon, was opened yesteryear a grouping of community investors inwards 1985. The projection was spearheaded yesteryear Edward too Bettiann Gardner, founders of the Soft Sheen Products Company inwards Chicago. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOV038ubOtGS9x2J0Nbx3UcoELdcTz602HS6UIlg1R-c9bPnibvjmp9JNOOBhd4kEoB9rERutUdsqWpQJLk5BMfMM2heDAWJgEzJYk8h2OKTBObGRGYd5zsr4kridA-PorIHTj9NLiEnM/s1600-h/New+Regal+Theater1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOV038ubOtGS9x2J0Nbx3UcoELdcTz602HS6UIlg1R-c9bPnibvjmp9JNOOBhd4kEoB9rERutUdsqWpQJLk5BMfMM2heDAWJgEzJYk8h2OKTBObGRGYd5zsr4kridA-PorIHTj9NLiEnM/s320/New+Regal+Theater1.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">The New Regal Theater Building</span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZk5IrfrcVz8hRd4cKZ7WbsYNGQPRXJI1h5nxCckIp9bpEJ78IgwN5UmaqBuu-_oflO8huTlYiaM4PCSzL4yht9YPBB9jI3u7rX4tl0_IvCcAbwbNblY8LxA7_kbxzmilkNAoL3Isi-0/s1600-h/New+Regal+Theater2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZk5IrfrcVz8hRd4cKZ7WbsYNGQPRXJI1h5nxCckIp9bpEJ78IgwN5UmaqBuu-_oflO8huTlYiaM4PCSzL4yht9YPBB9jI3u7rX4tl0_IvCcAbwbNblY8LxA7_kbxzmilkNAoL3Isi-0/s320/New+Regal+Theater2.gif" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>New Regal Theater Interior</b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> The New Regal Theater sought to cry upward the Moorish architectural legacy of the Regal Theater inwards its roughly $10 1 chiliad m dollar renovation. The restored home was designed alongside a grand "Persian courtyard" to showcase home too musical concerts. This South Side amusement centre is located inwards the South Shore community of Chicago at 1641 E. 79th Street.</div> </div>

Black Chicago Together With The Majestic Theater

Photo of Regal Theater: "Movie theater, Southside, Chicago, Illinois" (1941, Library of Congress) It is difficult for many immature people to imagine the variety of vibrant too bustling commun…

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African Americans Inward The Insurance Business: Supreme Freedom Life Insurance Co.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WFIGrIueHqAL5kqF74VTUNSFCdB6_Ge3fQ6EgXt1z_Fx8N2r1l3ra3spKbTbXZrLz091pjdhiH-kom9H23SG-9m_R0Wa64517K3RIB6fx3S3qJ6yG1uZAeGbAeYxdoq93jyFOzadtB4/s1600-h/supreme+liberty+life+insurance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WFIGrIueHqAL5kqF74VTUNSFCdB6_Ge3fQ6EgXt1z_Fx8N2r1l3ra3spKbTbXZrLz091pjdhiH-kom9H23SG-9m_R0Wa64517K3RIB6fx3S3qJ6yG1uZAeGbAeYxdoq93jyFOzadtB4/s320/supreme+liberty+life+insurance.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Co. Chicago 15, Illinois</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Multigraph Division, Stock Room, HOME OFFICE (ca. 1950, postcard)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i>The Supreme Life Insurance Company (formerly Liberty Life Insurance Company) was the showtime Black owned in addition to operated insurance companionship inwards the northern United States.</i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>FAIR INSURANCE POLICIES FOR BLACKS IN CHICAGO</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Frank L. Gillespie was an Arkansas-native in addition to insurance agent for Royal Insurance Company. He speedily noted the inferior lineament life insurance policy provisions offered African Americans by the White-owned insurance agency. The Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Co. (also referenced to equally Supreme Life Insurance Company) was incorporated inwards 1919 past times an investment grouping headed past times Gillespie. The first Black-owned insurance agency outside of the U.S. southern states offered  African Americans a ameliorate lineament life insurance than offered past times White-owned agencies of the time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">By 1921, Gillespie raised $100,000 to issue life insurance policies to Chicago's African American residents. The master offices for the young firm were set-up inwards a store-front in addition to instant floors of what was therefore known as Roosevelt State Bank. It is a two-story commercial edifice structure located at what when therefore referred to equally the corner of 35th Street in addition to South Parkway (now Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive or known past times the natives equally King Drive). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjaJOfo7jiv8yGZXbzE3HcS0LtEDb5NA3c8A850AfDJZ4iM_qRRiZbhyb9ndwW-pqmUhmKGLgANdxqE-yWUe4JcgTxAPUJ1iCqU8ixKRv1xW40vBTYy_sf-npiG_mWKyy7guzpF93Zzs/s1600-h/Supreme+Life+Building.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjaJOfo7jiv8yGZXbzE3HcS0LtEDb5NA3c8A850AfDJZ4iM_qRRiZbhyb9ndwW-pqmUhmKGLgANdxqE-yWUe4JcgTxAPUJ1iCqU8ixKRv1xW40vBTYy_sf-npiG_mWKyy7guzpF93Zzs/s320/Supreme+Life+Building.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: The Supreme Life Building (Chicago)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(3501 S. King Drive, cir. 1985)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Located inwards the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville Historic District of Chicago, the historic Supreme Life Building was built inwards 1921 past times architect Albert Anis. In 1924, Supreme Life Insurance Co. bought the consummate banking company edifice at 3501 S. King Drive. The Supreme Life companionship fully operated the structure from 1919 to 1962. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 9, 1998. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>PROSPERING IN BRONZEVILLE</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">By 1925, the companionship had written more than $5 meg inwards insurance policies in addition to opened branch offices inwards Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri, in addition to Washington D.C. It was 1 of the few Black insurance companies to hold upwards the Great Depression. After the Great Depression, Supreme Life expanded into 1 of the nation's largest minority insurance companies. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8HzPOarImVqE7NpsHo2DEXdf3509qRmPgOcYQZ6INxJWLQ_alZiIuw1o4jybi_nyNnD3LQWnI7vy_92EiqhIISPe2bU7tpdfmcxwSzBFOVzl7b8ev_77YOz-DHRBrJ97MH2J59pqyM4/s1600-h/SUPREME+LIBERTY+LIFE+INSURANCE+-+OFFICE+INTERIOR+-+SEPIA+-+c+1950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8HzPOarImVqE7NpsHo2DEXdf3509qRmPgOcYQZ6INxJWLQ_alZiIuw1o4jybi_nyNnD3LQWnI7vy_92EiqhIISPe2bU7tpdfmcxwSzBFOVzl7b8ev_77YOz-DHRBrJ97MH2J59pqyM4/s320/SUPREME+LIBERTY+LIFE+INSURANCE+-+OFFICE+INTERIOR+-+SEPIA+-+c+1950.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Co.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Chicago, Illinois (ca. 1950, postcard)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Kiwr_ajTQR993TPqYXroKdajLkm502BX9UTcy0aUaptzxLdYH7qSZStRE4FHbS2M3yJFM3ZEGtg64A14cUoOFGZO4AVrju88it02iPzHCPVEOYZPQnnT4BqT6zOqD8KATUM8ojqN3_E/s1600-h/supreme+life+insurance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Kiwr_ajTQR993TPqYXroKdajLkm502BX9UTcy0aUaptzxLdYH7qSZStRE4FHbS2M3yJFM3ZEGtg64A14cUoOFGZO4AVrju88it02iPzHCPVEOYZPQnnT4BqT6zOqD8KATUM8ojqN3_E/s320/supreme+life+insurance.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Main Lobby - Supreme Life Insurance Co.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3501 South Parkway, Chicago Illinois (ca. 1950, postcard)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In 1960, the National Insurance Association (NIA) had 46 members. The 46 insurance companies across the acre were owned in addition to operated past times African American businessmen. Collectively, they had $1.65 trillion (not a typo) inwards insurance policies inwards force. The Supreme Life Insurance Company of America was the 3rd largest Black life insurance companionship inwards the acre at the time. In 1960, NIA was belongings $300 million in assets. <i>See</i> Abner, III, David, "Some Aspects of the Growth of Negro Legal Reserve Life Insurance Companies, 1930-1960" (Indiana University 1962 doctoral thesis), p. 65, 172. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Currently inwards Chicago, African-American operated insurance companies include <a href="http://www.insurancebrokersinc.com/Life.asp">Insurance Brokers Inc.</a>, which operates its Chicago home-branch offices at locations on both Chicago's southward side in addition to N side. Insurance Brokers was founded past times the Jamaican-born employment concern human in addition to long-time Chicago native Herbert Witter. It offers various policies inwards Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania. The W.A. George Insurance Agency is too a Black owned and operated bonded insurance agency  in Chicago in addition to was established inwards 1972 past times Mercedes George. <br /> <br /> While the master NIA organization no longer exists, the National African-American Insurance Association (NAAIA) currently operates equally national association for Blacks inwards the insurance business. The <a href="http://www.naaiachicago.org/">Chicago chapter of NAAIA</a> is quite active.</div></div>

African Americans Inward The Insurance Business: Supreme Freedom Life Insurance Co.

Photo: Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Co. Chicago 15, IllinoisMultigraph Division, Stock Room, HOME OFFICE (ca. 1950, postcard) The Supreme Life Insurance Company (formerly Liberty Life Insurance Comp…

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Black Politics: Oscar Stanton Depriest As Well As Unity Hall

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASEgkM3HINCd3dkEh2Dl_RqWvbm1Kks_d-TVhayQ87W3pwxoi4Y-zbgWokL8CoWB7gIb4JKZ5XJvs2XannQhuqLrA4SZ_Yuaf37rQGB0IrYRNwVVB5jIev3R0kPH8dA5k-YGLQNV0vmI/s1600-h/Oscar_Stanton_De_Priest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASEgkM3HINCd3dkEh2Dl_RqWvbm1Kks_d-TVhayQ87W3pwxoi4Y-zbgWokL8CoWB7gIb4JKZ5XJvs2XannQhuqLrA4SZ_Yuaf37rQGB0IrYRNwVVB5jIev3R0kPH8dA5k-YGLQNV0vmI/s200/Oscar_Stanton_De_Priest.jpg" width="147" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Oscar Stanton DePriest </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;"><b>(b. March 9, 1871 - d. May 12, 1951)</b></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In 1915, Oscar Stanton DePriest was elected the starting fourth dimension African American City Council somebody inwards <a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com//search?q=chicago-urban-league" target="_blank">Chicago</a>. Two years after he established the People's Movement Club equally a political base of operations exterior of political party politics channels in the racially polarized city. The Unity Hall edifice housed DePriest's People's Movement Club too would cash inwards one's chips the community headquarters for other prominent Chicago politicians such equally William Dawson. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoO1mOOM5yjTlSfyd5fT0gU3teZKzqcnRWSjiB8OvJbgeDNltXKUGbySLCU0vd0b54ktjffoBKhyphenhyphen2lzuNBr69l1s8cpumtoGLkA6dKAmn5PODuvybXUroaOCNv6BCzZJgMbBY2-4hZB_E/s1600-h/depriest-button-full.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoO1mOOM5yjTlSfyd5fT0gU3teZKzqcnRWSjiB8OvJbgeDNltXKUGbySLCU0vd0b54ktjffoBKhyphenhyphen2lzuNBr69l1s8cpumtoGLkA6dKAmn5PODuvybXUroaOCNv6BCzZJgMbBY2-4hZB_E/s200/depriest-button-full.jpg" width="180" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Image: Early Political Campaign Button for Oscar Stanton DePriest </b></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <blockquote> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Oscar De Priest's successful election stimulate inwards Chicago's Lakeshore led the tendency toward an increase </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">in Black political representation inwards the north. In 1928, De Priest became the first African American exterior the South </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">elected to Congress. His representation led to significant federal anti-discrimination legislation.</span></i></div> </blockquote> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> DePriest was specially interested inwards mobilizing voters of the quickly growing Black Belt of Chicago's Second Ward. The community where Unity Hall is located was a bustling strip of <a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com//search?q=chicago-urban-league" target="_blank">Chicago's South Side</a> that was noted for its cabarets too express housing. Unity Hall would serve equally a community delineate of piece of work solid to diverse organizations throughout the years.</div> <br /> From 1916 to 1919, some a one-half a 1000000 Blacks moved to Chicago's Bronzeville community. The housing crush was due to the ascension of industrialization too manufactory jobs inwards northern cities similar Chicago. This resulted inwards an influx of Blacks from the South. Couple this with apartheid-style housing restrictions and the powder keg of racial tension inwards Chicago would lead to the infamous Chicago Race Riots of 1919.</div> <br /> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <b>UNITY HALL</b></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pz7WFez84dYgBsOdNQ2FBC2OTQhjbU9K-e52Uq9f3C-veOZy_-Uq_ZAFcpgAM7_4s8NDExyIm5TDA1VbMSDPWth_ZPBKGKuxBxkBe53TxA7EplI5Rg1euEFHsObXfYCAyw0pGEZtL3s/s1600-h/Unity+Hall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pz7WFez84dYgBsOdNQ2FBC2OTQhjbU9K-e52Uq9f3C-veOZy_-Uq_ZAFcpgAM7_4s8NDExyIm5TDA1VbMSDPWth_ZPBKGKuxBxkBe53TxA7EplI5Rg1euEFHsObXfYCAyw0pGEZtL3s/s320/Unity+Hall.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Unity Hall, 3140 S. Indiana, Chicago</span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div align="center"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmSjcjIemGWcwhyphenhyphen42mV5VRradgaqxhMHqK9cJ3Ek3bWWSR2Vwa7VmME63goP2uVCt9OaOvHPb1VuyKnmoU5lrRJ77tcSUHHXof4EsUTDl6BQWGf6vH6LwgNd4wt7W8a5C8zKaazWdci8/s1600-h/unity+hall+moorish+convention.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmSjcjIemGWcwhyphenhyphen42mV5VRradgaqxhMHqK9cJ3Ek3bWWSR2Vwa7VmME63goP2uVCt9OaOvHPb1VuyKnmoU5lrRJ77tcSUHHXof4EsUTDl6BQWGf6vH6LwgNd4wt7W8a5C8zKaazWdci8/s320/unity+hall+moorish+convention.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Unity Hall, Moorish Science Convention of 1928</span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Unity Hall was built inwards 1887 past times architect L.B. Dixon. The cherry-red brick too terra cotta edifice located at 3140 S. Indiana Avenue was originally built for a Jewish Social Organization called the Lakeside Club. This building is with the rare surviving 19th-century club-house architectural structures surviving inwards Chicago. This edifice construction is with the National Historic Landmarks.</div> </div>

Black Politics: Oscar Stanton Depriest As Well As Unity Hall

Photo: Oscar Stanton DePriest (b. March 9, 1871 - d. May 12, 1951) In 1915, Oscar Stanton DePriest was elected the starting fourth dimension African American City Council somebody inwards Chicag…

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Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. In Addition To The Functioning Force Organization

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRY8_cWtRO998meoVHaXXwBlX47kKmY_hUmx7qI0EKkk2zXGOsvNcZ6Zk4oTmkDqDRsVa5kmJVxaDnWx8N5xj3zGzFTsc5OwvKHCb1h9oF744XMj-nHGboXasuTaiOacnwkC-e299CCmc/s1600-h/jesse+jackson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRY8_cWtRO998meoVHaXXwBlX47kKmY_hUmx7qI0EKkk2zXGOsvNcZ6Zk4oTmkDqDRsVa5kmJVxaDnWx8N5xj3zGzFTsc5OwvKHCb1h9oF744XMj-nHGboXasuTaiOacnwkC-e299CCmc/s320/jesse+jackson.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Photo: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. (</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;"><b>b. Oct 8, 1941)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>On Dec 25, 1971, the immature Jesse Jackson along alongside lxx other prominent Black leaders founded Operation PUSH, a social change organization headquartered inward Chicago.</i> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>JACKSON STARTS OPERATION PUSH IN CHICAGO</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now alongside to a greater extent than than lxx affiliates across the nation, Operation PUSH focuses on Black political empowerment every bit good as encouraging increased connections betwixt Blacks in addition to American industry. The community organisation has successfully negotiated agreements with large in addition to pocket-size businesses across the field to increment fair employment practices inward hiring, promotions, franchising, in addition to sub-contracting opportunities for all Americans.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRIRAZVwM0BwZKWvAOGzFlGJOyi9l5kJmHBjbRz6aC9qpXpx8VygEOeiZKZozjPElek73awTm_UrPAq2zOfs8NxkSLLoRDcb5A2xg9O0UDf3qcLR3xcmut95GA9NRQhjnWgfdnscwGDI/s1600-h/jessejackson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRIRAZVwM0BwZKWvAOGzFlGJOyi9l5kJmHBjbRz6aC9qpXpx8VygEOeiZKZozjPElek73awTm_UrPAq2zOfs8NxkSLLoRDcb5A2xg9O0UDf3qcLR3xcmut95GA9NRQhjnWgfdnscwGDI/s320/jessejackson.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 immature Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">and others on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel inward Memphis</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encouraged the youthful Jackson to croak a potent community activist inward Chicago in addition to inward the nation. Jesse Jackson, Sr. launched his national political career from the Operation PUSH headquarters. The organisation served every bit the base of operations where Jackson launched his U.S. presidential campaigns inward 1984 in addition to 1988. <br /> <br /> <b>THE RAINBOW PUSH COALITION BUILDING</b><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsOXV-e8nFm0Uz82FWMRetucE-HzaUlnlzCgzLdInUbgw-gQgHvABRZGmxj90IcC3XTV_usXCwJIE7GQI_zRHFZK8lUHpVW7ciWT_i7mV12eQNb3pL7QjkAkh7UcgY1-_oesK2fB-GAc/s1600-h/OPERATION+PUSH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsOXV-e8nFm0Uz82FWMRetucE-HzaUlnlzCgzLdInUbgw-gQgHvABRZGmxj90IcC3XTV_usXCwJIE7GQI_zRHFZK8lUHpVW7ciWT_i7mV12eQNb3pL7QjkAkh7UcgY1-_oesK2fB-GAc/s320/OPERATION+PUSH.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Photo: Operation Push National Headquarters</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The national headquarters for Operation PUSH was built inward 1923. It was originally built for the Kehilath Anshe Ma'arive (K.A.M.) congregation, the oldest Jewish congregation inward Chicago. Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. in addition to other community organizers purchased the edifice inward 1971. The Rainbow Coalition was founded past times Jackson inward 1985 in addition to was housed inward the edifice at 930 E. 50th Street. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Surrounding the Operation PUSH headquarters are older generation mansions lining Drexel Boulevard inward the Bronzeville community of Chicago's South Side. In his classic run <i>Native Son</i>, author Richard Wright chronicles the life of a immature Black human from the community where the picturesque edifice stood.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Operation PUSH and the Rainbow Coalition was subsequently merged and renamed <a href="http://www.rainbowpush.org/PHP/results.php">The Rainbow PUSH Coalition</a>. It advocates in both U.S. civil rights in addition to international human rights efforts. This historic edifice continues has served every bit a voter registration centre and labor mediation site for many years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="285" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tMZUvNiTkAM&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tMZUvNiTkAM&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Video: Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-2) continues his father's legacy </span></b><br /> <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">of political activism. </span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Here he speaks in the Operation PUSH building in 2006 </span></b><br /> <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">where he launched </span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">his political motion for the Chicago Mayor post.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=blachisthero-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0743291441&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></i></div></div>

Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. In Addition To The Functioning Force Organization

Photo: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. (b. Oct 8, 1941) On Dec 25, 1971, the immature Jesse Jackson along alongside lxx other prominent Black leaders founded Operation PUSH, a social change organization he…

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The Person Of Bronzeville: The Regal, Companionship Delisa Together With The Blues Exhibit

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVREI7acS5PVgLNrZCzB9c5SqLfeCbb8JEWsUwhsHxyhP2oXuC69JOOld7F97HzieLQV-m1jS3pLqbmT-zf4HJgx36rbQBoOTqNbjAKQsvRAo2W9CfZvZgBq32X1tJMuoJe8sL8n3ZzY/s1600/Blues+Legends.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVREI7acS5PVgLNrZCzB9c5SqLfeCbb8JEWsUwhsHxyhP2oXuC69JOOld7F97HzieLQV-m1jS3pLqbmT-zf4HJgx36rbQBoOTqNbjAKQsvRAo2W9CfZvZgBq32X1tJMuoJe8sL8n3ZzY/s320/Blues+Legends.jpg" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div>The DuSable Museum of African American History presents the exhibition “The Soul of Bronzeville: The Regal, Club DeLisa as well as The Blues." Through instruments, master copy photographs, personal memorabilia, concert collectibles, music as well as moving footage, this exhibition, curated yesteryear Gregg Parker, salutes Chicago every bit the habitation of many legendary Blues musicians. The demo runs through June 27, 2010 at the DuSable Museum inward Chicago, Illinois (<a href="http://www.dusablemuseum.org/">http://www.dusablemuseum.org/</a>).</div>

The Person Of Bronzeville: The Regal, Companionship Delisa Together With The Blues Exhibit

The DuSable Museum of African American History presents the exhibition “The Soul of Bronzeville: The Regal, Club DeLisa as well as The Blues." Through instruments, master copy photographs, personal m…

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Black Chicago Commemorates The 85Th Annual Bud Billiken Parade Together With Picnic

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbqo04Npy4ZG1hXXZqfxA7SPoinAro2Oe57AypgQ2Q9YLGVkex0dWZXVaBAvoqfqSyH235EyFMWkD6XV3sym7gGV4o4cEjMXGs6FUNDcefiKqrkhwJmy7tt1xMSxE6zSaqlsAkFtZgLo/s1600/Joe+Lewis+in+the+Bud+Billiken+Parade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbqo04Npy4ZG1hXXZqfxA7SPoinAro2Oe57AypgQ2Q9YLGVkex0dWZXVaBAvoqfqSyH235EyFMWkD6XV3sym7gGV4o4cEjMXGs6FUNDcefiKqrkhwJmy7tt1xMSxE6zSaqlsAkFtZgLo/s1600/Joe+Lewis+in+the+Bud+Billiken+Parade.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyone who is anyone is said to pick out participated inward the Bud Billiken parade -- from <a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com//search?q=joe-louis-brown-bomber-world" target="_blank">Joe Louis</a>, Muhammad Ali, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Barack Obama. Photo: Joe Lewis in Bud Billiken Parade.</td></tr> </tbody></table> August 9, 2014 marks the 85th annual Bud Billiken Parade as well as Picnic celebration -- commencing from 35th to 55th & Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. Held inward Chicago, Illinois annually, the parade is the oldest running African American parade inward the U.S. of America. It is likewise the instant largest parade in the country. Effectively, the parade, kicks off the traditional kickoff of the schoolhouse year. It marks the halt of summertime opor-garai for the immature people inward the Chicago, which hosts alongside the largest communities of people of African descent inward the USA. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrT98jiV_9ILcd14igHhoWfegWjc2yEvX9xO9k5VCR1f4k_LfTNEkwrtyV7JJQJ_w4ohE9pBr5WhiHeSooMuuldofGUJVKqf5Pe_cp-_rnJ8Lh0ggY6mcH8f2vKTL9f_TRAfxW74V3HvM/s1600/Bud+Billiken+Day+Parade+August+1948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrT98jiV_9ILcd14igHhoWfegWjc2yEvX9xO9k5VCR1f4k_LfTNEkwrtyV7JJQJ_w4ohE9pBr5WhiHeSooMuuldofGUJVKqf5Pe_cp-_rnJ8Lh0ggY6mcH8f2vKTL9f_TRAfxW74V3HvM/s1600/Bud+Billiken+Day+Parade+August+1948.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Portion of the Bud Billiken Day Parade, August 1948.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7H2QKr47HrLCBlfVOpz7upVdM5cY0OHZbl5I6cuZD4vLQw4A3Q9HftOJiNqfKvjAzm43ftoQ1i4tu9WKx8hcjrevDo0zQxE-eDTI6rAeOV1MNOym2B_JOfqkYb9fStkTrubOa8y0uzs/s1600/Portion+of+the+Bud+Billiken+Day+Parade+Along+Dr.+Martin+L+King+Jr.+Drive+on+Chicago%27s+South+Side+August+1973.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7H2QKr47HrLCBlfVOpz7upVdM5cY0OHZbl5I6cuZD4vLQw4A3Q9HftOJiNqfKvjAzm43ftoQ1i4tu9WKx8hcjrevDo0zQxE-eDTI6rAeOV1MNOym2B_JOfqkYb9fStkTrubOa8y0uzs/s1600/Portion+of+the+Bud+Billiken+Day+Parade+Along+Dr.+Martin+L+King+Jr.+Drive+on+Chicago's+South+Side+August+1973.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Portion of the Bud Billiken Day Parade, August 1973.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KkeO-1woodSwYeBR9nOWMggB9yH_XddwttTeE3EYUPzWNBipEx-ZyrTfQuj-fo7CI_6iDrYbGCYeYjtcGrPfW2xu3-mJ-5idXeoRbiTlD3J0MB7nrmtfsJULxzS9CPxBrJ8LKpT-VGs/s1600/Photo+of+the+South+Shore+Drill+Team.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KkeO-1woodSwYeBR9nOWMggB9yH_XddwttTeE3EYUPzWNBipEx-ZyrTfQuj-fo7CI_6iDrYbGCYeYjtcGrPfW2xu3-mJ-5idXeoRbiTlD3J0MB7nrmtfsJULxzS9CPxBrJ8LKpT-VGs/s1600/Photo+of+the+South+Shore+Drill+Team.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">South Shore Drill Team performs at the 2011 Bud Billiken parade inward Chicago's Bronzeville. (<a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com//search?q=joe-louis-brown-bomber-world" target="_blank">Photo: Kalle Eko</a>)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> The fictional grapheme Bud Billiken was created inward 1923 past times <a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com//search?q=joe-louis-brown-bomber-world" target="_blank">Robert Sengstacke Abbott</a>, the founder of the Chicago Defender newspaper. Before the parade began inward 1929, in that place was a long-running Billiken paper column written past times the famed African-American novelist Willard Motley. Embodying the promise of the African American community, for a fourth dimension the Bud Billiken grapheme likewise emerged into a pop comic strip inward the Chicago Defender newspaper. Abbott likewise founded a Bud Billiken Club which continues to provide youth scholarships as well as preparation opportunities.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIKmMJ3tHtv2nxIfyK0yVlm6v0fqcKBLc6ojjN8DLPbOtAy8IPyLjeQq_zn8mXaqs8bQkvz8uzEtaRCcZM4tbMBH22WV7GTuBaZB04E5hmYXj6nOYbtoh2OEIUPGnUf1lAcS-DKE6FnvR/s400/kingandqueen.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chicago Defender's Bud Billiken Parade float hosts the annual King, Queen as well as Royal Court winners from its annual Bud Billiken youth contest. Contest winners are based on a results of a subscription motility as well as oral as well as written essay contest.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJLudyHc6EWVSPDr5DssiUI1n_mPSMp86ncVLfpNjeT3n4yfy85xmYO4SAx2EgTfOsQO-jApUuapNIvXqWru5hLpEu9m8LTMyNpR12qBafB9MyCNzfZLnz_EaNCW1Uut-ld7NAub04o8/s1600/Dancer+Performance+at+the+2012+Bud+Billiken+Parade+in+Bronzeville+Chicago.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJLudyHc6EWVSPDr5DssiUI1n_mPSMp86ncVLfpNjeT3n4yfy85xmYO4SAx2EgTfOsQO-jApUuapNIvXqWru5hLpEu9m8LTMyNpR12qBafB9MyCNzfZLnz_EaNCW1Uut-ld7NAub04o8/s1600/Dancer+Performance+at+the+2012+Bud+Billiken+Parade+in+Bronzeville+Chicago.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dancers Perform at the 2012 Bud Billiken Parade (<a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com//search?q=joe-louis-brown-bomber-world" target="_blank">Photo: Kalle Eko</a>)</td></tr> </tbody></table> The Bud Billiken parade was developed inward 1929 as well as is ever held the instant Sabbatum inward August to boot off the back-to-school year. It draws numerous community booths as well as parade floats hosted by community organizations, local businesses as well as authorities agencies -- using the gathering to distribute data as well as donate schoolhouse supplies as well as other goodies to immature people. <br /> <br /> The parade occurs inward the Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago's S side, the traditional village of African Americans to the percentage during the Great Migration from southern states. The parade is at in i lawsuit the largest parade celebration in the metropolis of Chicago, drawing an annual local production of costumes as well as parade floats. It features youth marching bands, drummers, pace shows, acrobats, youth dancers as well as more. <br /> <br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiTIT79ICQFP6O46x99V2JcjEaLrglYx6lj8XjKBknWk1BRw-PVbSeST169yr8GrAtFB_gz9srT3IDjiHh1-MI_WUWNt7zj_O8NnpCjTf812a96Bztle0I_6j4DYKTpfUHeDdpJgDRS8/s1600/Photographs+of+Children+Along+Bud+Billiken+Parade+Route.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiTIT79ICQFP6O46x99V2JcjEaLrglYx6lj8XjKBknWk1BRw-PVbSeST169yr8GrAtFB_gz9srT3IDjiHh1-MI_WUWNt7zj_O8NnpCjTf812a96Bztle0I_6j4DYKTpfUHeDdpJgDRS8/s1600/Photographs+of+Children+Along+Bud+Billiken+Parade+Route.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photographs of Children Along Bud Billiken's Parade Route (<a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com//search?q=joe-louis-brown-bomber-world" target="_blank">Photo: Kalle Eko</a>)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> At the halt of the parade, families as well as friends assemble inward the city's Washington Park to halt the festivities with a community-wide picnic. The collective coordination of the community to convey broad youth participation inward the parade is displayed past times the proud shouts of encouragement supporting the creative showcase of Black Chicago from household unit of measurement as well as friends lining the miles of covered terrain.  </div>

Black Chicago Commemorates The 85Th Annual Bud Billiken Parade Together With Picnic

  Everyone who is anyone is said to pick out participated inward the Bud Billiken parade -- from Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Barack Oba…

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