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When it was established in 1940, The Crusader occupied a single page and was operated out of an apartment in the Ida B. Wells Homes on Chicago's South Side. [3] In this early period, it served as the official organ of the Negro Labor Relations League, [2] an organization established in 1937 to challenge the racial discrimination in employment in Chicago.
The Crusader was created in 1931 by Lorado Taft. [2] In Chicago's historic Graceland Cemetery, it is a monument intended to memorialize Victor F. Lawson (1850–1925), the publisher of the Chicago Daily News. [2] The Chicago Daily News was founded by Melville E. Stone, Percy Meggy and William Dougherty in 1875. [3]
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) - Former President George H.W. Bush celebrates his 90th birthday Thursday. A list of the 10 longest-lived U.S. presidents, their age and the day they died, if applicable: 1.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Other 104-degree days. June 20, 1988: “On the first day of summer Monday, Chicago-area residents experienced two weather milestones. The thermometer at O’Hare International Airport read 104 ...
In 1974, Lavender Woman reported that the Crusader had a large free circulation. [10] The paper operated a gay switchboard, 929-HELP, from Bergeron's basement. [10] In June 1976, Philadelphia Gay News reported that the Crusader would fold after issue 27, except for an annual wrap-up edition. [11]