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This beautiful, historic, hat themed coffee table book is an intimate look at Dorothy Wright Tillman during her tenure as Chicago's 3rd Ward Alderman.
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Dorothy Wright Tillman is driven by a passion to improve the plight of African Americans. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Tillman joined the Civil Rights Movement at age sixteen and was christened The Movement Baby . As a trainee and a field staff organizer for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), she fought for civil rights and political consciousness. She marched with Dr. King and was one of the first SCLC organizers to cross the Edmund-Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on the infamous Bloody Sunday, a turning point in the battle to ensure the right to vote for African American citizens. After accompany Dr. King on a northern tour of the United States, with the campaign to End the Slums, Tillman was assigned to Chicago on October 31, 1966, where she help to organize the fight for open housing. She met and married musician Jimmy Lee Tillman, with whom she has five children. Tillman and her husband moved to San Francisco soon after they married. She brought the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement with her, successfully mobilizing residents in her public housing community in a battle against the city for equal access to public transportation to their neighborhood, which she believed had been nonexistent based on racism and a blatant disrespect for the poor. Upon moving back to Chicago, Tillman enrolled her children in Mollison School and organized an army of concerned parents to wage a new war, this time fighting for quality education. She eventually founded the Parent Equalizers of Chicago, which has been organized in more than 300 schools, setting the groundwork for school reform in Chicago. The momentum created by several successful grassroots campaigns Tillman help organize, led to the election of Chicago s first African American mayor, Harold Washington. In 1983, an aldermanic vacancy opened up and Mayor Washington appointed Tillman, who became the first woman to serve as alderman of Chicago's Third Ward and the only female elected official in the United States who worked on Dr. King's staff. As a major political figure in Chicago, Tillman carried on the tradition of Dr. King with several community-building activities, including the creation of the Harold Washington Cultural Center and the Chicago Blues District. This effort has led to the revitalization of the Grand Boulevard/ Bronzeville neighborhood. Her commitment continues with projects related to issues of waning inner-city education, housing and family needs, preserving Black culture and civil rights. Tillman has also been an extremely influential player in the movement for slave reparations. The Chicago City Council overwhelming supported the passage of the Slave Era Disclosure Ordinance in 2000 which requires companies that do business with the city disclose ties to slavery and the slave industry. This ordinance has been duplicated in several cities, state, and county governing bodies, as well as the international governments. She has received hundreds of awards and recognitions for her local, national and global activism and has been featured in various books and television features, including BBC and the History Channel. Currently, Tillman hosts Coffee, Tea & a Conversation with Dorothy Wright Tillman , an exciting new Saturday morning talk show on the legendary Black Chicago radio station WVON-1690 AM.
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- PublisherD J T Publishing, Inc
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0980172101
- ISBN 13 9780980172102
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages161
- EditorEbony Tillman
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