Bobby Rush

CTL-E-0080 · Person · politician · 1960s–2020s

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Former Illinois Black Panther Party leader; longtime U.S. congressman from Chicago.

The record

Also known as: Bobby Lee Rush

Relationships

Fred Hampton — related to
Rush founded the Illinois Black Panther Party chapter in which Hampton served as deputy chairman.
Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party — affiliated with
Digital Chicago History's exhibit and contemporary FBI records identify Bobby Rush as co-founder and deputy minister of defense of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party.

Referenced by

Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party — founded by → this record

Sources

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (primary source)
Chicago Tribune retrospective coverage

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Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Where the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white and Negro children sometimes play together, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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