Mayor Harold Washington - St. Patrick's Day Parade Columbus Ave. - Mayor Daley President Bush

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That car, would you do that for us? The North Sea classic ghost of a song.

The North Sea classic ghost of a song.

I am sad, I am weak, I am alone.

To the south, to the light.

To the light, take my hand.

To rest as long.

Forever be the Lord.

Forever be the Lord.

To the light, to the light.

To the light, take my hand.

It's a highway to heaven.

I know that your long and busy life are so much richer by the experience.

I am the head of the Dorsey family.

Catherine Dorsey, I am the dad's wife.

I am the brother, the soul of Thomas A.

We are also grateful for our great mayor, mayor of Chicago, who recognized this great artist.

God bless you all.

Ladies and gentlemen, while the Dorsey family is together with the mayor of the city of Chicago, we should like to bring on another person who has a very special presentation.

He is Robin McFarland's organization which proclaims the Grammy Awards, and he will present Professor Dorsey with that organization's board of governors.

Forever be the Lord.

To the light, to the light.

To the light, to the light.

To the light, to the light.

Forever be the Lord.

Forever be the Lord.

To the light, to the light.

To the light, to the light.

I don't see any of the firemen.

I wonder if they're...

I have my cousins marching with these guys.

It's a great one.

Hey, you thought it.

You got a very special...

Light! Light! Go, go, go! I'm gonna get it.

Okay, well, I'm gonna get it.

And I have a card.

I'm gonna get it.

I got it for you.

Thank you very much.

To Peggy Baker, thank you.

Yet we must all recognize that the gay and lesbian community is currently facing some very serious and great challenges.

We have those in this city and across the nation who would deny to you equal rights.

And we have those in this city and across this nation who have successfully denied equal rights to you.

We have, unfortunately, people so confident in their bigotry and ignorance that they attack gays and lesbians on the street, or as occurred recently at one of our great universities, threatening your livelihood and security through exposure.

And now we have a national problem affecting us all which some would like to use to further their already virulent anti -gay and lesbian feelings.

I hope that I can bring some degree of sanity into this debate that I consider that public officials must speak very clearly on these issues.

As public officials, we do not have and should not have the luxury of not making our positions clear.

Everyone in this city...

Everyone in this city under this administration has and will have the same rights whether you're talking about housing, privacy, medical care, police protection, employment, or what have you.

Which calls for mandatory testing, contract tracing, and quarantine.

This bill is nothing more than an outright attack on your community and an attack on the common sense of people all over the state.

And I'm not going to care about the type of Germany.

...to which they do.

This is a goal of God.

Thank you very much.

Applause If I see him before you do, I'll tell you what you said.

Applause I guarantee you in this city which you are and which you pay as it should be.

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Identifier

F.2005-08-0321

Date Of Production

circa 1981 – 2002

Abstract

Content Notice: This material contains depictions of hate speech at 8:41 - 8:54.

Loosely assembled footage depicts the following: The Dorsey Tribute Choir performs and Mayor Harold Washington delivers a speech at Chicago’s 1st Thomas A. Dorsey Gospel Festival held at the South Shore Country Club on June 15, 1985; Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade proceeds along Columbus Avenue on March 17, 2002; Chicago’s 18th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade proceeds along N. Broadway, and Washington delivers a speech at a rally held in Lincoln Park following the parade on June 28, 1987; ex-basketball player and presidential primary candidate Bill Bradley hosts a Hoopla fundraiser for his campaign in the Chicago Historical Society’s courtyard on July 27, 1999; shoppers peruse the Printers Row Book Fair on S. Dearborn Street, June 8 or 9, 1985; Dizzy Gillespie performs at the Chicago Jazz Festival; tourists queue up to touch the Liberty Bell; Mayor Michael Bilandic delivers a speech during the dedication ceremony for Claes Oldenburg’s Batcolumn on April 14, 1977; Alexander Calder’s La Grande Vitesse sits in City Hall Plaza in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Format

Super 8

Extent

400 feet

Color

Color

Sound

Mag Stripe

Reel/Tape Number

1/1

Has Been Digitized?

Yes

Language Of Materials

English

Element

Reversal Positives

Subject

Art
Basketball
Civil rights
Christianity
Festivals
Holidays
Landmarks
Literature
Musicians
Parades and processions
Political campaigns
Politicians
Singers

Preservation Sponsor

Related Collections

Subseries II: Footage

Related Places

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago ➜ South Shore

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago ➜ Lincoln Park

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago ➜ Loop

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago ➜ Oakland

North America ➜ United States ➜ Pennsylvania ➜ Philadelphia

North America ➜ United States ➜ Michigan ➜ Grand Rapids

Main Credits

Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)

Participants And Performers

Washington, Harold (is participant)

Dorsey, Thomas A. (is participant)

Daley, Richard M. (is participant)

Bush, George W. (is participant)

DeBusschere, Dave (is participant)

Bradley, Bill (is participant)

Gillespie, Dizzy (is participant)

Oldenburg, Claes (is participant)

van Bruggen, Coosje (is participant)

Straight, Michael W. (is participant)

Bilandic, Michael Anthony (is participant)

Mondale, Joan (is participant)

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