Disability Pride Parade

The first Disability Pride Parade in the US was held July 2004 in Chicago, 14-years following the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 by President George H. W. Bush. In March 1990 activists had raised awareness for disability access by hosting the Capitol Crawl, where disabled persons crawled up the Capitol steps in Washington DC. Boston was the first city to hold a Disability Pride Day the same year, 1990.

Disability Pride Month began in July 2015 to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of the ADA.

The Disability Pride Flag was designed and re-released in 2021 for use in the Public Domain by Ann McGill; it represents the diverse range of impairments, seen and unseen, and the obstacles to be overcome by disabled persons in society and the world.

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Honorary Disability Pride Parade Way

South Plymouth Court and West Van Buren Street

 

Approved: 2012

Neighborhood: Loop

near
The parade route for the annual Disability Pride Parade 401 S. Plymouth

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Source

https://www.disabilityprideparade.org/

https://www.disabilityprideparade.org/2024-parade-information.html

https://youtu.be/OJkbwyaEUX4?si=PGCLGZm53wTwwX5O

https://www.weinberg.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/history-disability-pride-flag

https://www.ameridisability.com/how-to-display-disability-pride/#:~:text=The%20first%20'Disability%20Pride%20Day,and%20Madison%2C%20among%20other%20locations.

Timuel Black

Timuel Black was a black historian, professor, Civil Rights activist who lived on the South Side of Chicago and lived to be 102 years old.

His family moved to Chicago from Birmingham, Alabama when he was a year old; they were fleeing racial segregation and seeking better education for their children.

Timuel Black helped organize more than 2,500 Chicagoans to attend the Martin Luther King March on Washington. He also worked on the campaign that elected Chicago’s first black Mayor, Harold Washington.

As a soldier in WWII, he was moved by the atrocities he saw in Europe as a result of the Nazi regime; he dedicated his life to civil rights.

He was on the faculty at City Colleges of Chicago

Timuel Black is the author of several books, including: Bridges of Memory (two volumes) and Sacred Ground

Education:

University of Chicago

Roosevelt University

DuSable High School

Wendell Phillips High School

Englewood High School

Burke Elementary

Veteran: WWII, Army. Europe - Invasion of Normandy and Battle of the Bulge

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Photo Credit: CC0 Timuel Black

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Honorary Timuel Black Way

4800 to 5000 South State Street

 

Approved: November 2012

Ward: 3
Alderman: Dowell
Neighborhood: Bronzeville

b. December 7, 1918. Birmingham, Alabama
d. October 13, 2021. Age 102. Chicago

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Source

TheHistoryMakers.org: Biography - Timuel Black