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03/01/04 |
March/April 2004, Line 16, Issue 5, University of Illinois Alumni Association, "Illinois Alumni, Equal but Separate?" by Kevin Davis (85). |
| 03/29/04 |
Chicago Defender Entertainment, page 15, Teesee's Town reports that Chicago attorney, James D. Montgomery, will portray Thurgood Marshall when the Illinois Humanities Council presents a re-enactment of Brown v. Board of Education oral arguments on Monday, April 19, 2004 at the Goodman Theater |
| 03/31/04 |
memorandum from The Links Incorporated relating to a packet of suggested activities for chapter implementation and sent to all chapter presidents for the commemoration of Brown v. Board of Education by Susie A. Bell, Education Chair |
| 04/06/04 |
Chicago Defender Entertainment, page 15, announcement of Senate's President Emil Jones, Jr., as "impact awardee" at the 37th Annual Chicago Business Opportunity Fair Awards Luncheon on April 8, 2004 |
| 04/18/04 |
Chicago Tribune, Parade Magazine "Shall We Overcome?" by David Halberstam |
| 04/22/04 |
Chicago Defender, News, page 3, "Chicago Urban League Holds Separate but Equal Forum-America's Public Schools Still Segregated" by Chinta Strausberg |
| 04/26/04 |
Chicago Defender, News, page 12, "Chicago Urban League to Host Conference Commemorating Brown v. Board of Education" |
| 05/01/04 |
AARP Bulletin "The Unfinished Dream of Civil Rights-A Range of New Voices Speaks up on Where Things Go from Here" by Megan Rosenfeld |
| 05/01/04 |
Chicago Union Teacher, Education and History, page 19, "Brown v. Board of Education Marks 50th Anniversary" |
| 05/01/04 |
May/June 2004, Volume 88, No. 8, American Teacher, American Federal of Teachers, "A Proud History-The Union's Support of Brown v. Board Is Just One of the Milestones that Established the AFT as a Pioneer in the Struggle to bring Equity to Our Schools and Work Places", page 13 "AFT: A Proud History of Fighting Discrimination" by Christina Bartolomeo |
| 05/01/04 |
WYCC-TV 20, City Colleges of Chicago "Magazine and Program Guide" "50 Years after Brown v. The Board of Education-Reflections on Racism) |
| 05/12/04 |
The Southend Citizen published "CSU to Host Brown v. Board of Ed. Celebration" |
| 05/13/04 |
Beverly News "Re-Enact Brown v. Board of Ed "... as a community, the university has whole-heartedly embrased the commission's objective and is committed to seeing them realized ", said President, Dr. Elnora D. Daniel, Chicago State University |
| 05/13/04 |
Chicago Defender, News Digest, "Chicago State University hosts Illinois Brown v. Board celebration" |
| 05/13/04 |
Chicago Tribune, Metro Section, page 4, "Illinois Celebrates '54 Brown Ruling" by Diane Rado |
| 05/13/04 |
Chicago Tribune, Metro Section, page 7, "Illinois Celebrates '54 Brown Ruling-State's Commemoration of 50th Anniversary of School Desegregation Aims to Spark Conversation through a Series of Events through the Year" by Diane Rado |
| 05/15/04 |
Chicago Defender, "Brown v. Board Still a Compelling Court Decision", page 3, "50 Years Later Brown v. Board of Education is Still a Compelling Decision", and "NAACP, Howard U. in Joint Celebration" |
| 05/17/04 |
Chicago Sun-Times, Metro Section, page 12 "50 years later, stae takes new look at Brown vs. Board" By Maudlyne Ihejirika
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| 05/18/04 |
Sun-Times, Metro Section, page 24 "Illinois jurists re-enact 1954's Brown case" By Curtis Lawrence
Sun-Times,
" THEY AGREE: Bush, Kerry visit Topeka on anniversary of ruling" Page 33
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| 05/18/04 |
Chicago Defender, front cover, "Re-Enactment of Brown v. Board of Education with a picture of James Montgomery standing in front of the members of the "U.S. Supreme Court" at Chicago State University on Monday, May 17, 2004; News, page 12, "Racial Academic Gap Threatens to Defeat Gains of Anniversary of Brown Decision"
Chicago Sun Times, Metro Section, page 24, "Illinois Jurists Re-Enact 1954's Brown Case" |
| 05/25/04 |
Chicago Defender, News, page 6, "Black Students Struggle in Post-Brown" by Hazel Trice Edney |
| 05/27/04 |
Chicago Defender, Editorial, page 9, "Guest Editorial-50 Years after Brown" by Bernice Powell Jackson |
| 05/29/04 |
Chicago Defender "TeeSee's - Theresa Fambro Hooks Town" reports on "Dignitaries Celebrate Histories Anniversary" |
| 06/09/04 |
Chicago Defender, News, page 4, "Comedian Bill Cosby's Comments Continues to Cause Uproar", by Jamal Watson |
| 06/13/04 |
Chicago Sun Times, Sunday Edition, Metro Section, page 8A, "Wealthy Squeeze Out Low-Income Students at Many Top Colleges-Economic Diversity Fading at Private, Public Schools Alike" by Dave Newbart |
| 08/13/04 |
Chicago Defender, page 14, "Bud Billiken Essay Competition includes Brown v. Board of Education: The Past and Present of Education" by Amani Rodriguez; page 27B, "Chicagoans Share Their Fondest Memories of Bud Billiken Parade" including Timuel Black and Dr. Elnora Daniel, President, Chicago State University; page 41B, Essay "Brown v. Board of Education: Hard Days . . . Easy Day" by Daniella Hope Pruitt, page 45, Essay "Brown v. Board of Education" by Kierra A. Franklin |
| 08/17/04 |
Chicago Defender, Editorial, page 8, "Guest Editorial-Civil Rights: America's Unfinished Business" by Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League |
| 08/20/04 |
Chicago Defender News, on page 9, "Elaine Jones: Energized by Adversity, the State of What Will They Do Now" by Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League |
| 08/20/04 |
Chicago Defender News, page 5, "50 Years after Brown v. Board NAACP Legal Defense Funds Carries on Civil Defense Fight" by Deepti Hajela |
| 09/27/04 |
Chicago Defender "Teesee's-Theresa Fambro Hooks Town" reports on Illinois Senate President Emil Jones presiding and two celebrated attorneys, James Montgomery and Lawrence Weiner, moderate Today's Luncheon Discussion on "Chief Justice Earl Warren and the Outcome" at Maggiano's Restaurant, Chicago, Illinois, sponsored by the Illinois Commission on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education |
| 02/04/05 |
Chicago Defender, page 13, "CBS 2 Celebrates Black History at DuSable Museum", photos show Commission member Joe Ahern, President of CBS 2, Vice Chair Arnett Hubbard and Executive Director Ali McLemore |
| 02/09/05 |
Chicago Defender, page 15, advertisement for Black History Month by Dominic's with information about Thurgood Marshall. |
| 02/24/05 |
Chicago Defender, page 5, "High Court: State Prisons May Not Racially Segregate Prisoners" by Hope Yen |
| 02/28/05 |
Chicago Tribune, Business Section, "TV Station Boss Learned Early Not to Take No for an Answer", article about Commissioner Joe Ahern, President and General Manager of WBBM-Channel 2 Chicago |
| 08/21/05 |
Chicago Defender, "Teesee's-Theresa Fambro Hooks Town" reports on Postal Service Unveils Civil Rights Stamps.
A series of commemorative stamps, "To Form a More perfect Union,
"celebrating 10 important milestones in the era of the Civil Rights Movement were unveiled Tuesday during and impressive ceremony at the Harold Washington Cultural Center. Co-sponsored by the U.S. Postal Service and the Chicago Defender, the stamps were part of the Postal Service's 2005 stamp program marking the people and events that have shaped the history of the nation: The stamps, which went on sale Tuesday, depict Brown v. Board of Education, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Freedom Riders, Little Rock Nine, Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, Montgomery Bus Boycott Selma March, Executive Order 9981, March on Washington and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Each was introduced individually by local civil rights activists/leaders.
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