Fantastic Chicago event every year -- sad to see that Hosea couldn't make it this year - hope he is doing better. The only back-to-school parade I know of in the country.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

You won’t find Leash or WfR within 50 miles of it.

I remember how much I hated hearing about this parade when I was kid because it meant school was close to starting back.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

There is a guy who finally got arrested yesterday for something everyone knew he was doing since like 1995.

The parade used to be fun but there will probably be another shooting this year. Nothing is off limits.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

My grandfather lived in 39th and Prairie and his sister was on the parade route on 40th and King Dr.. It was a family festival every year. I remember running up to Muhammad Ali's Eldorado convertible and thinking it was the greatest thing each time.

And great barbeque and snow cones everywhere.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Cool story, Reader. Was Ali actually in the parade? That's HUGE.

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Reader is on shaky ground there.

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I put that one two flapjacks short of a half stack on the Coztansa scale, Frank.

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He was grand marshal once & was riding with Joe Louis another time iirc.
Whoever he was riding with was an afterthought to us.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

From all the photos I've seen over the years Ali appeared to love interacting with his fans. Especially the young ones.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

It's wasn't just little kids. He came up to Kenwood once with Gov. Thompson and bought all of the boxes of candy any kid was then selling to fundraise. Even shamed the governor into buying a couple of boxes before they left. It was funny to watch Big Jim even get a word in - he couldn't.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

1975 Bud Billiken -- Muhammad Ali and James Brown were Grand Marshals.

Edit: I found myself last summer with a couple of hours to spare in Louisville... the Muhammad Ali museum is a great place to spend a few hours. There's just so many different things to take away from it. I highly recommend.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

I worked it two years, both years they where told do not put live coals in the trash. both years garbage trucks brewed up and had to have the fire dept put them out. morons.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

I remember that Caddy, but not James.

And the museum just makes Louisville a quirky, more interesting spot for a couple of days.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

My grandmother lived in the senior citizen building on 39th and Calumet for about 20 years. Would go all the time.

I was over there this past weekend, but I missed the part where Vic Mensa and the cops were going at it.

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