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Posts tagged "African American"

Who is Augustus Tolton?

A. An early practitioner of the Bauhaus school of architectural design. B. Chicago’s first African-American priest and a possible candidate for sainthood. C. Organizer of the Chicago Hamburg Club’s annual Oompah-Pah festival. D. Direct descendant of the House of Habsburg that pioneered the first of a group of greenhouses that sprung up in Skokie and Morton... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
March 17, 2010 at 8:10 pm
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Racists oppose Turner for lt. gov.

Sen. Art Turner At least that’s how I look at it.  The Democratic State Central Committee is considering who should replace the drop-out candidate selected by the voters in the primary. Logic says it should be whoever ran second–Chicago Democratic state Sen. Art Turner. But some Democratic leaders want to nominate, for the sake of... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
March 11, 2010 at 10:31 am
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Lt. Gov. needed; blacks need not apply

Art Turner. He came in second; why isn’t he good enough to be the candidate? By the time this appears, Democratic big shots may already have picked the party’s new candidate for Illinois lieutenant governor, again denying voters their choice. You’ll recall that Democrats blocked any effort to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
February 10, 2010 at 2:24 pm
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