Bud Billiken Parade | Chicago, IL

 
Billed as the oldest and largest African American parade in the U.S.,
Chicago’s Bud Billiken Parade has been held on every second Saturday
since 1929. Attracting thousands of spectators along its route, the
parade marks for many the unofficial beginning of the end of summer.
It features politicians, beauty queens, celebrities, musical
performers, and dozens of high-school drill teams, floats, [...]

Chicago Blues Festival | Chicago, IL

Billed as the largest of the city’s summer festivals, the Chicago Blues Festival draws nearly 1 million people to Grant Park (near to the Lake Michigan waterfront) to enjoy four days and six stages of Hall of Fame performances Chicago blues, swing, boogie woogie and delta blues. Past performers include Ray Charles, Taj Mahal and [...]

Chicago Gospel Music Festival | Chicago, IL

Billed as the world’s largest free outdoor gospel festivals, the Chicago Gospel Music Festival (at Millennium Park) features three days of entertainment and more than 90 live performances on three stages from some of the top gospel acts in the world. See the festival’s offical website for schedule of events and other information.
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Center for Black Music Research – Columbia College, Chicago, IL

The only research center of its kind in the country, the Center for Black Music Research’s (CBMR) mission is to documents, collect, preserve, and disseminate information about the common roots and parallel histories of black music in all parts of the world.  In addition to their central mission of research and preservation, the CBMR also [...]

The Chicago Defender, Chicago, IL

 
Founded by Robert S. Abbott in 1905, the Chicago Defender, whose banner once touted itself as “The Mouthpiece of 14 Million People: Carries More Live News of Racial Interest Than Any Ten Weeklies,” was the nation’s most influential black weekly newspaper by the advent of World War I, with more than two thirds of its readership [...]

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