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Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison had hoped to hoist a rainbow flag during his first Pride Month in office in 2019 but ran into trouble obtaining one large enough to fly above Daley Plaza.
The flag-raising ceremony was canceled last year due to COVID-19.
Finally, a rainbow Pride flag was hoisted at Daley Plaza on Tuesday to mark the start of Pride Month as Morrison, other commissioners and city officials celebrated its significance.
“No matter who you love, you are welcome in Cook County,” said Morrison, the first LGBTQ person elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
Rainbow flags were raised across Cook County Tuesday morning, marking the first year LGBTQ pride flags will be flown over county buildings all June for Pride Month, according to officials. At a news conference Tuesday at Daley Plaza, county commissioners hoisted a large rainbow flag in tow with the American and city of Chicago flags — the first time the flags have flown at full staff since the .
UChicago graduate students organize series of events to commemorate Juneteenth
May 27, 2021 Events include June 19 keynote address from renowned activist, scholar Angela Davis
On June 19, 1865, Union Army soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, bringing with them news of the Emancipation Proclamation. Now known as Juneteenth, the day is recognized as a celebration of freedom marking past struggles for liberty in the United States, as well as the struggles that still lie ahead.
This year, following the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, a group of University of Chicago graduate students have created a monthlong series of events to commemorate Juneteenth.
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Three stories from the front lines of the 2020 protests, when the bridges went up and the statues came down
Sign up for our newsletters Subscribe The police used pepper spray to subdue protesters attempting to remove the statue of Christopher Columbus from Grant Park. Grace Del Vecchio Just after 6 PM on August 15, 2020, the sun was beginning its descent in the gray sky. The air was humid and the pavement, wet from rain, radiated heat. The officers marched in lockstep south on Michigan, many unmasked, wearing the same black bulletproof vests and light blue riot helmets, banging batons on their thick shields. Their boots pounded the pavement in synchrony. They screamed Move back!