CHICAGO -- The 86th annual Bud Billiken Parade returned to Chicago's South Side Saturday afternoon. The parade, which is one of the largest in the U.S., promotes education. Bud Billiken, who ...

Since the summer of 1929, it's been a family tradition on the South Side. The Bud Billiken Parade draws thousands every year to the Bronzeville and Washington Park neighborhoods to help kick off the ...

The 96th annual Bud Billiken Parade kicks off next weekend on Chicago's South Side, but residents of the Chatham neighborhood got a sneak preview Thursday of what we can all expect on Saturday, Aug. 9 ...

The country's largest African American parade will return to Bronzeville this weekend, drawing crowds to celebrate the beginning of the school year. The 96th Bud Billiken Parade will kick off at 10 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The countdown is on to one of the nation's largest and longest-running African American parades. With just 29 days to go, the Bud Billiken Parade is set to return to Chicago's South ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Bud Billiken Parade is the oldest and largest African American parade in the country. It may have felt like 100 degrees in Chicago on Saturday, but that did not keep the city's ...

Marilyn Griffin traveled just one block from her Bronzeville home Saturday morning, as she does most years, to hand out school supplies for kids and join thousands gathered along Martin Luther King ...

As smoke from her grill blew in all different directions, Dida Griffin flipped several patties and sausages, checking to see which had developed the right char. She’d set up a spot for her family to ...

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