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| Title | Mayor Washington celebrates Dr. King's birthday at Frances Parker High School |
| Description | Mayor Harold Washington was invited to Frances Parker High School on January 15, 1987 to help celebrate Dr. King's birthday. There, he told the students, "Dr. Martin Luther King is the first black man in American history whose birthday is recognized as a national holiday, and for this we must be thankful for people like Stevie Wonder, the King family, our Congressmen and people of goodwill throughout the world who labor to assure that King remains not only a part of Black American History, but the History of America." |
| Neighborhood/Street | Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Subject.TGM1 | Mayors
Civil rights leaders
Birthdays
Celebrations
Holidays
Commemorations
Private schools
School children
Crowds
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| Subject.LCSH | Washington, Harold, 1922-1987 -- Photographs
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs
Mayors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs
Frances Parker High School -- Photographs
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| Photographer/Artist | Unknown
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| Date of Original | 1987-01-15 |
| Time Period | 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989 |
| Repository Name | Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
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| Repository Number | PHOTOGRAPH SPE-HWAC 1987.1.15.1 |
| Collection | Harold Washington Archives & Collections
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| Rights | http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php |
| Type | Digital image |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Original Format | Photographs
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| Size | 21 x 26 cm; |
| Subject.LOCAL | martin luther king jr. holiday
special events
African Americans
activists/politicians
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