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Posts tagged Richard J. Daley
Chicago marks shameful centennial
The 1919 race riots left 38 dead, 520 injured, and almost 1,000 homeless
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Ted CoxChicago 1919 Race Riots, Eugene Williams, William "Big Bill" Thompson, Patty Wetli, Robert Loerzel, Block Club Chicago, Newberry Library, Bughouse Square Debates, Jun Fujita, Eve Ewing, Lee Bey, Chicago Urban League, Richard J. Daley, Frank Ragen, Chicago Race Relations, Chicago Racism
Lightfoot elected Chicago mayor
Sweeps city against Cook County Board President Preckwinkle in battle of progressives
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This vote is easy
In bicentennial election on greatest Illinois leader, debate starts after Lincoln
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Ted CoxAbraham Lincoln, REO Speedwagon, Miles Davis, Benny Goodman, Alison Krauss, Lydia Moss Bradley, Betty Friedan, Jane Addams, Michelle Obama, Ida B. Wells, Mother Jones, Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Black Hawk, Keokuk, Harold Washington, Ulysses Grant, Ronald Reagan, Stephen Douglas, Everett Dirksen, Adlai Stevenson II, William Jennings Bryan, Richard J. Daley, Jesse Jackson
Madigan the boogeyman
Speaker of the House replaces the original Mayor Daley as Republicans’ favorite Chicago whipping boy
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Ted CoxMichael Madigan, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Peter Roskam, Sean Casten, Greg Bales, Mike Bost, Brendan Kelly, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, SIU Carbondale, Nancy Pelosi, Pat Quinn, Richard J. Daley
Facts are not always enough
Disparity in statewide spending leads to division when it should show the path to reconciliation
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Michael Madigan, J.B. Pritzker, Garden of the Gods, Shawnee National Forest, The Hewer, Richard J. Daley, Southern Illinois University, Paul Simon Policy Institute, John Foster, John Jackson, John Adams
