Every year on the second Saturday of August, participants of the Bud Billiken Parade march and dance their way through the streets of Chicago. Robert Sengstacke Abbott, founder of the Chicago ...

Nicknamed “The Bud,” the parade ... founded in 1905 by Robert Sengstacke Abbott. In 1924, Abbott held a picnic for five of his publication’s newsboys. The first parade was held Aug. 11 ...

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 ...

A beautician, civil rights activist, and political player, Joyner was recruited to head Chicago Defender Charities after Robert Abbott’s death, administering the annual Bud Billiken Parade until ...

Nicknamed “The Bud ... parade? At least one million more are expected to watch a live broadcast from 10 a.m.-noon on WLS-Ch. 7 and abc7chicago.com. Newspaper founder Robert Sengstacke Abbott ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Members of the Empiire Dance Company perform during the annual Bud ... Billiken, a fictional character created by newspaper publisher Robert Sengstacke Abbott ...

It was her first time attending the Bud Billiken Parade, but she’s already ... the brainchild of newspaper publisher Robert Sengstacke Abbott — is widely known for its culmination of many ...

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 ...

CHICAGO — The Bud Billiken Parade returns to Chicago ... Founder of the Chicago Defender, Robert Sengstacke Abbott created the parade in 1924 which simply started as a picnic, then turned ...

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 ...