Abbott thanked the children who sold his newspaper on street corners by throwing a parade in their honor. It’s known today as the Bud Billiken Parade. The Defender ceased print publication in ...

A sea of humanity flowed up and down Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for the 95th Bud Billiken Parade, the largest and most prestigious African American procession in the United States. The parade ...

RELATED: Looking back on the history of the Bud Billiken Parade It was started back in 1924 by Chicago Defender founder Robert Sengstacke Abbott as a picnic for neighborhood kids who delivered his ...

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Halsted St.; tickets $20 at steppenwolf.org Members of the South Shore Drill Team perform in the Bud Billiken Parade on South King Drive on Aug. 13, 2022. World’s Largest Karaoke: Want to sing ...

And I always say, ‘This is not my legacy. It’s our legacy.’ ” The Bud Billiken Parade was started in 1929 by Robert Sengstacke, Sengstacke-Rice’s great uncle. She said he wanted to ...

After nearly 100 years, the Bud Billiken Parade remains a tentpole for Black communities in Bronzeville and all of Chicago. Its origins trace back to Robert Sengstacke Abbott, founder of the ...

Nicknamed “The Bud,” the parade has been ... available in Washington Park following the parade until 4 p.m. Newspaper founder Robert Sengstacke Abbott, at right, stands outside The Chicago ...

The Bud Billiken Parade—stepping off at 10 a.m. August 10 and expected to again draw more than a million spectators—was started in 1929 by Robert Sengstacke Abbott, founder of The Chicago Defender ...

The Bud Billiken Parade is more than a procession of bands and floats marching down King Drive, it's a commemoration of our past and a celebration of our future.