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Fredderick Edmund VanVleet Sr. (born February 25, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

A 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) point guard, VanVleet played college basketball for Wichita State University before beginning his NBA career. He contributed to a resurgence of Wichita State Shockers basketball that included a Final Four run by the 2012-13 Shockers team and an undefeated regular season by the 2013-14 team. VanVleet was named as a 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American by a variety of media outlets. As a junior for the 2014-15 Shockers, he was an All- Missouri Valley Conference first team selection and received All-American honorable mention recognition from the Associated Press. VanVleet is the Wichita State career assists leader and was named Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year as both a sophomore and a senior.

After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft, VanVleet signed with the Toronto Raptors. He spent time with the Raptors and with their G League affiliate, Raptors 905, during the 2016-17 season; he was a member of Raptors 905's 2017 championship team. VanVleet went on to become a key player for the Raptors and won an NBA championship with the team in 2019. He owns the single game points record not only for the Raptors but also for any undrafted NBA player, when he scored 54 against Orlando in 2021.

VanVleet played for Auburn High School in Rockford, Illinois, where he was an All-State first team selection by the Chicago Sun-Times (Class 4A), Associated Press (Class 4A), and Chicago Tribune as a senior in 2012. In 2012, VanVleet helped lead Auburn to a 22-game winning streak which resulted in the school's first Illinois High School Association (IHSA) final four since 1975. He led the Knights to a 3rd-place finish in the IHSA state tournament.

VanVleet remained loyal to his local Rockford Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) club team rather than accept offers to more high-profile teams in Chicago. VanVleet did not feel it would make a difference in his recruiting: "As long as you're leading whoever you're playing with, the coaches are going to see that. If they see you competing and winning with guys maybe I shouldn't be winning with, that's maybe even an advantage for me." He received basketball scholarship offers from Colorado State, Northern Illinois, Wichita State, Southern Illinois, Drake, Detroit, and Kent State. His stepfather felt that he was being overlooked by many Chicago metropolitan area schools because of his decision not to join a Chicago AAU team. He cut his list down to Kent State, Northern Illinois, and Wichita State. When he accepted an offer to play for Wichita State, he became the only member of the national class of 2012 Rivals.com top 150 to attend a Missouri Valley Conference school.

Name

Hometown

High school / college

Height

Weight

Commit date

Fred VanVleet
PG

Rockford, IL

Auburn High School (IL)

5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)

175 lb (79 kg)

Apr 7, 2011

Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92

Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 99, 18 (PG) Rivals: 138, 19 (PG) ESPN: 83, 15 (PG), 1 (IL)

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As a freshman, VanVleet contributed double digit scoring twice (versus Gonzaga and Ohio State) in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament from off the bench as the 2012-13 Shockers team reached the final four. Against Gonzaga, his 13 points included a basket with 1:28 remaining that helped the Shockers secure only the fifth sweet sixteen appearance by a number 9 seed since the tournament went to 64 teams in 1985. His 12 points against Ohio State included a late basket that helped the Shockers become the fifth team with a seeding higher than eight to make it to the final four since 1979 when seeding began.

VanVleet broke out as a sophomore, as expected. On January 23, 2014, he was selected to the 23-man Oscar Robertson Award midseason watchlist by the United States Basketball Writers Association. On February 17, Vanvleet was selected as one of 23 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award. When the Rockford native returned to the Chicago metropolitan area on February 19 to lead Wichita State against Loyola, he went 6-for-6 from the field and 10-for-10 on his free throw attempts for a game-high 22 points and added 8 rebounds and 6 assists to help Wichita State raise its record to 28-0. On February 28, he was named one of the 10 semi-finalists for the Naismith Award.

VanVleet helped lead the 2013-14 team to the first 31-0 regular season in NCAA Division I men's basketball history. As a result, he was named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Conference first team and selected as the Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. He was also selected to the 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Most-Improved Team. Following the 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, VanVleet was a 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American second team selection by Sports Illustrated and Bleacher Report, third-team selection by the Sporting News and the NABC. He earned honorable mention recognition from the Associated Press. On March 11 VanVleet was named to the all-District VI (IA, MO, KS, OK, NE, ND, SD) team by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). VanVleet was listed on the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division I All‐District 16 first team on March 12. VanVleet was named as one of six finalists for the Cousy Award (along with Kyle Anderson, Aaron Craft, Tyler Ennis, Shabazz Napier, and Marcus Paige). Following his sophomore season, he delivered the commencement address at his high school alma mater and became a highly demanded public speaker.

VanVleet was Preseason All-American first team selection by , Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, Bleacher Report, CBSSports.com, Sports Illustrated, and Associated Press. He was a second team selection by Athlon Sports, SB Nation, and NBCSports.com. In its preseason top 100 player ranking, VanVleet was listed at number 5 by ESPN. VanVleet was named to the 36-man Bob Cousy Award Preseason Watch List. He was also listed as a John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 candidate and an Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List selection. VanVleet was also included in the early December Naismith Award top 50 watch list.

On November 14, VanVleet tallied 7 steals in the opener against New Mexico State, which tied a school record. On December 3, against #25 Utah VanVleet, helped Wichita State recover from a 9-point deficit in the final 2:45 of regulation with 8 points (including two three-point shots in the final 1:15) and an assist on a three-point shot, but with 7 seconds remaining in overtime and Wichita trailing by one, he missed the front end of a one and one. In his return visit to Chicago and the Gentile Center to play Loyola on January 11, he again was perfect from the field with a 5-for-5 performance and added a career-high tying 10 assists (as well as 6 rebounds and 3 steals) for his first career double-double. VanVleet, however, snapped his perfect streak of 20 free throws made in his home state with a 3-for-4 performance. In the rematch against Loyola on January 28, VanVleet posted a career-high 27 points. On February 7, VanVleet posted the first triple double for Wichita State Shockers men's basketball in 43 years with a 10-point 10-rebound 11-assist 4-steal performance against Missouri State. On February 16, VanVleet was Missouri Valley Conference Co-Player of the Week (with Seth Tuttle). On February 26, VanVleet broke the all-time Wichita State career assist record against Evansville with 431 assists, surpassing Warren Jabali who had 429 and Toure Murry who had 430. VanVleet was one of 17 finalists for the Cousy Award. The Shockers defeated Northern Iowa on February 28 to win the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title. In the opening game of the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament for the Shockers, VanVleet matched a career high with 27 points against Indiana. He finished the tournament with 17-point and 25-point performances against #2-seeded Kansas and #3-seeded Notre Dame, respectively.

VanVleet was named an All-MVC first team selection following the regular season. He was also recognized by the Associated Press as an honorable mention selection for its All-America team.

VanVleet was a selection to the 20-man Bob Cousy Award preseason watchlist, and the 30-man Lute Olson Award preseason watchlist. He was a second team selection to the Sporting News, Sports Illustrated and Athlon Sports preseason All-American teams. He was a third team selection to the CBS Sports, and NBC Sports preseason All-American teams. Lindy's Sports did not name an All-America team, but did rank all college basketball players by position and presented a top 25 list at each position. It included VanVleet as its second best point guard. In preseason top 100 player rankings, VanVleet was ranked 14 by ESPN and 17 by NBC Sports. He made the initial 50-man John R. Wooden Award watch list on November 17. On December 2, VanVleet earned recognition on the 50-man Naismith College Player of the Year watchlist and 33-man Robertson Trophy watchlists.

VanVleet had been dealing with hamstring issues when he rolled his right ankle, because of this he saw no more than three minutes of playing time in the season opener against the Charleston Southern Buccaneers on November 13. Though he played in the next game against Tulsa, it aggravated his hamstring enough that he was expected to miss the following few games. Without a healthy VanVleet, Wichita State fell to two games under .500 for the first time since its 2008-09 team as well as endured, not only its first three-game losing streak since having VanVleet come off the bench for the 2012-13 team, but also its worst start to a season (2-4) since the 2007-08 team. VanVleet returned to the lineup on December 5 against St. Louis to bring the consecutive losses to an end. For having averages of 13.5 points, 5.0 assists, and 4.0 rebounds in two significant wins in December, one on the 9th over UNLV and another on the 12th over #25 Utah, VanVleet claimed Missouri Valley Player of the Week honors on the 14th of that month. He earned Player of the Week honors again on January 11 after he led the Shockers to victories over conference co-leaders Evansville and Southern Illinois on January 6 and 9 respectively, with his 11.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists, and 2.5 steals averages. His 12 rebounds against Southern Illinois was a career high. VanVleet was named to the January 25, 20-man Oscar Robertson Trophy midseason watch list. On January 31, VanVleet made all 15 of his free throw attempts on his way to a career high 32 points against Evansville. The following day, he earned his third MVC Player of the Week honor. On February 3 in the 1500th victory in Wichita State Shockers men's basketball history and in head coach Gregg Marshall's school record-setting 221st victory, VanVleet notched a double-double with 12 points and a career high-tying 11 assists against Southern Illinois. He was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith Trophy on February 11. VanVleet was included in the Wooden Award Late season Top 20 Watch List on February 12. In the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, VanVleet led the team to victories over Vanderbilt and Arizona. Against Vanderbilt in the First Four round, he and fellow senior Ron Baker led an 11-0 run to break a 30-30 tie on March 15. The pair scored all 11 points in the run and tied with a game-high 14 points. On March 17, VanVleet and Baker led 11-seed Wichita State to a victory over 6-seed and AP Poll 17th-ranked Arizona. VanVleet posted a game-high 16 points, 5 steals, and 4 rebounds. With four steals in his final career game on March 19 against Miami, VanVleet brought his career total to 225, setting a school career record.

Following the regular season, VanVleet was named to the Missouri Valley Conference all-league first team (for the third consecutive season) and the MVC Larry Bird Trophy Player of the Year for the second time in three years. VanVleet was also an AP All-America honorable mention.

VanVleet was not selected in the 2016 NBA draft after declining two offers to agree to play in the NBA Development League at $20,000 for two years by teams interested in drafting him in the second round. VanVleet signed to play in the 2016 NBA Summer League with the Toronto Raptors with the expectation that he would be in the Raptors' training camp. His summer league contract had a guarantee of three game appearances. On July 18, he signed a multi-year deal with the Raptors. At the time of his signing, the Raptors had 14 players entering training camp on guaranteed contracts, including point guards Kyle Lowry, Cory Joseph, and Delon Wright. VanVleet was competing with Brady Heslip, Drew Crawford, Yanick Moreira, E. J. Singler and Jarrod Uthoff for the final spot. On October 22, VanVleet remained on the roster when the team cut down to 15 players.

VanVleet made his official league debut on November 9, 2016, playing in only 26 seconds in a 112-102 win against the Oklahoma City Thunder. VanVleet posted his first two points in the Raptors' 19th game and his fourth appearance, which came against the Los Angeles Lakers on December 2. With Lowry sidelined for a night, VanVleet played with the second unit and posted career-highs with 25 minutes and 10 points on January 17 against the Brooklyn Nets. On February 3, VanVleet established a new career high with 15 points in a 102-94 loss to the Orlando Magic. During his rookie season, VanVleet had multiple assignments with Raptors 905 of the NBA Development League. He was a member of Raptors 905's championship-winning team in April 2017.

On November 25, 2017, VanVleet posted a career-high 16 points against the Indiana Pacers. Four days later, he had a career-high nine assists in a 126-113 win over the Charlotte Hornets. VanVleet posted new career-highs in points two times during January 2018: first on the 11th against the Cleveland Cavaliers with 22, then on the 28th against the Los Angeles Lakers with 25. On March 7, VanVleet made a long jump shot from the left corner with 1.1 seconds left to break a tie and clinch a 121-119 overtime win for the Raptors over the Pistons, as well as help Toronto to become the first team to clinch a berth in the 2018 NBA Playoffs. VanVleet finished the 2017-2018 season averaging 8.6 points, 3.2 assists, and 2.4 rebounds in 76 games; he ranked 4th in the NBA in net efficiency per possession behind Stephen Curry, Eric Gordon, and Chris Paul and was the only full-time bench player in the top 20 (19th) in the league for plus-minus. He was subsequently nominated for the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award.

VanVleet re-signed with the Raptors on July 6, 2018. He scored a season-high 19 points on December 9, 2018, in a 104-99 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. Two days later, he had a career-high 14 assists in a 123-99 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. While starting in place of Kyle Lowry on December 14, he scored 21 points against the Portland Trail Blazers. On December 19, he made a go-ahead three-point shot, with 25 seconds remaining, to cap a 17-point comeback against the Indiana Pacers. On January 5, he had a season high-tying 21 points in a 123-116 win over the Bucks. On February 7, he set a new career high with 30 points in a 119-101 win over the Atlanta Hawks. He was ruled out for approximately three weeks in early February with a partial ligament injury to his left thumb, an injury that occurred two nights earlier against the New York Knicks.

The Raptors entered the 2019 NBA playoffs as the number two seed, where VanVleet was an important bench player for the team. After an early post-season shooting slump, in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Bucks, VanVleet scored 21 points on seven 3-pointers in a 105-99 win, helping the Raptors take a 3-2 series lead. In Game 6, VanVleet scored 14 points in a 100-94 series-clinching win over the Bucks, helping the Raptors advance to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. In Game 4 of the 2019 NBA Finals against Golden State, VanVleet was elbowed in the face by Warriors' guard Shaun Livingston on a layup attempt. He required seven stitches and chipped a tooth, with television cameras capturing the shattered tooth on the court. It marked the second time VanVleet required stitches during the 2019 playoffs-he also required them after Game 3 of the conference finals. VanVleet played an important defensive role against Stephen Curry during the NBA Finals that saw him utilized in a box-and-one defense. In Game 6 of the NBA Finals, VanVleet scored a playoff career-high 22 points with five 3-pointers off the bench in a 114-110 series-clinching win, thus helping the Raptors win their first NBA championship in franchise history. VanVleet came second place in NBA Finals MVP voting to Kawhi Leonard.

In the season-opener on October 22 against the New Orleans Pelicans, VanVleet scored a career high 34 points after receiving his first NBA championship ring. VanVleet scored 30 points on November 13 against the Portland Trail Blazers. On January 4, 2020, he posted 29 points, including 22 in the second half, and a season-high 11 assists, keying a 16-point comeback win over the Brooklyn Nets. In the Raptors' second game returning from the suspension of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic on August 3, VanVleet scored a career-high 36 points, hitting 7 three-pointers, in a 107-103 win over the Miami Heat in the Orlando bubble. On August 17, VanVleet set a trio of playoff career-highs in points (30), three-pointers made (8), and assists (11) in a 134-110 win over the Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarter finals in the 2020 NBA Playoff Bubble. VanVleet became the first Raptors player to record 30 points & 10+ assists in a playoff game, while also joining Damian Lillard, Stephen Curry, and Chris Paul as the only NBA players to record 30+ points, 10+ assists, and 8+ three pointers in a playoff game.

In November 2020, it was announced that VanVleet would remain with the Raptors with a four-year, US$85-million deal. On January 4, 2021, VanVleet scored a season-high 35 points, hitting six three-pointers in a 126-114 loss to the Boston Celtics. On January 6, 2021, VanVleet set a new franchise record with a made three-pointer in 39 straight games, beating the previous record that was set by C.J. Miles with 38. On February 2, VanVleet scored a career-high 54 points, hitting a career-high 11 three-pointers in a 123-108 win against the Orlando Magic. VanVleet set a franchise record for the most points scored in a game, surpassing DeMar DeRozan's previous record, while also making history for the most points scored by an undrafted NBA player, previously held by Moses Malone with 53. VanVleet also set a franchise record for most three-pointers in the first half, with eight.

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Team

GP

GS

MPG

FG%

3P%

FT%

RPG

APG

SPG

BPG

PPG

2016-17

Toronto

37

0

7.9

.351

.379

.818

1.1

.9

.4

.1

2.9

2017-18

Toronto
76
0

20.0
.426.414
.832

2.4

3.2

.9

.3

8.6

2018-19

Toronto

64

28

27.5

.410

.378

.843

2.6

4.8

.9

.3

11.0

2019-20

Toronto

54
54
35.7

.418

.392

.848

3.9
6.8 1.9
.3

17.6

2020-21

Toronto

52

52
36.5
.389

.366
.885 4.2
6.3

1.7
.7
19.6

Career

283

134

26.2

.405

.384

.855

2.9

4.5

1.2

.3

12.1

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Team

GP

GS

MPG

FG%

3P%

FT%

RPG

APG

SPG

BPG

PPG

2017

Toronto

7

0

4.1
.667.400
-

.1

.6

.1

.0

2.0

2018

Toronto

6

1

19.0

.333

.286
.875
1.7

2.2

.0

.0

6.8

2019

Toronto
24
0

24.7

.392

.388

.774

1.8

2.6

.8

.3

8.0

2020

Toronto

11
11 39.1
.400

.391

.840
3.9 6.9 1.6.6
19.6

Career

48

12

24.3

.396

.378

.813

2.1

3.2

.8

.3

9.6

VanVleet was among the 22 players selected to try out for the 12-man Team USA at the 2015 Pan American Games. He was among the 16 finalists for the team, but he did not make the final 12-man team.

Fred VanVleet is the son of Fred Manning, who was killed in 1999. Manning had played basketball at Guilford High School in Rockford. VanVleet's mother is named Susan, and his stepfather is Joe Danforth. VanVleet is biracial; his father was black and his mother is white. He has a daughter who was born on January 29, 2018. On May 20, 2019, his son was born during the Raptors Eastern Conference Finals series against the Milwaukee Bucks. He also has a brother named Darnell.

VanVleet was a sociology major at Wichita State.

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CHICAGO - The Chicago Blackhawks can rub shoulders with some of the greatest dynasties in hockey history after they won their third Stanley Cup in six years by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-0, on Monday to end a tightly fought six-game series.

An Original Six franchise, the Blackhawks won the Cup at home for the first time since 1938, during Franklin D. Roosevelt's second term as president. The Blackhawks had claimed their last two Cups, in 2010 and 2013, in Game 6s as well, in Philadelphia and Boston.

Defenseman Duncan Keith, who gave the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead, had 21 points and played more than 700 minutes during the playoffs. He was the unanimous winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy, given to the most valuable player of the postseason.

"It's unbelievable how close the series was, how one little mistake can make the difference," said Keith, the first defender to win the award since 2007.

Before Commissioner Gary Bettman awarded the captain Jonathan Toews the 35-pound Cup, he told the Blackhawks and the announced crowd of 22,424 what most of the hockey world already knew, "You have a dynasty."

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Though the teams were worlds apart - the Blackhawks are one of the N.H.L.'s most established teams, while the Lightning are an expansion club in one of the league's smallest markets - the series was one of the closest in Stanley Cup finals history.

Until late in the third period of Game 6, neither team led by more than one goal. Each of the first five games was decided by one goal, and each team had 136 shots on goal during that stretch.

But on Monday, with the Stanley Cup in town, the Blackhawks played as if they could taste the champagne that would be poured into it after the game. They dominated from the outset, peppering goalie Ben Bishop all night. The margin of victory could have been far larger if Bishop had not used every inch of his 6-foot-7 frame to make 30 saves.

After a flurry of near misses - a couple of shots clanged off posts - quirky bounces and frantic goaltending, it made sense that Keith scored the first and ultimately game-winning goal, at 17 minutes 13 seconds of the second period. Keith sped into the Lightning zone, took a pass from Patrick Kane, fired a shot on goal and flipped in his own rebound past Bishop.

"It's so fitting that Duncs and Kaner are the ones who scored the goals tonight," Toews said.

It was a capstone to a vintage performance by Keith. On a team stocked with stars like Toews, Kane and Marian Hossa, he more than stood out, averaging more than 30 minutes of ice time per game.

Keith's herculean effort, along with the goaltending of Corey Crawford, who made 25 saves for his fifth career playoff shutout and allowed just 10 goals in the six-game final series, provided a backbone for the Blackhawks' less heralded players, including Antoine Vermette, who had two game-winning goals, and Teuvo Teravainen.

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But it was Kane, who had not scored a goal in this series, who sealed the victory. With the Lightning struggling to mount a comeback in the third, Kane took a cross-ice pass from Brad Richards on a breakaway and pushed it into an open net at 14:46. Bishop never had a chance.

The goal reignited the crowd in Chicago, where some standing-room tickets were being sold for $1,000. Fans lined up hours before the doors opened at United Center even as drenching rains approached and tornado warnings sounded.

Not since the titles of Michael Jordan's Bulls in the 1990s has Chicago enjoyed so much sustained success. In addition to winning their three Stanley Cups, the Blackhawks made it to the Western Conference finals last season.

Some historians will argue that the Blackhawks' three titles do not equal those won by dominating teams like the Canadiens of the 1970s and the Islanders and the Oilers of the 1980s. But the titles won by those teams, while impressive, came before the league introduced a salary cap designed to create parity.

The last team to win back-to-back Cups was the Detroit Red Wings, in 1997 and 1998. Since then, 10 franchises have won the title.

In some ways, this year's finals were evidence that the salary cap had worked as designed. The Blackhawks, one of the wealthiest teams in the N.H.L., had the fifth-oldest roster, stocked with plenty of playoff experience. The Lightning, by contrast, had the third-youngest squad.

Ultimately, the battle-tested Blackhawks proved too much for the Lightning, who were trying to become the first team to beat four Original Six franchises in one postseason. Chicago slowed the highflying Lightning by limiting its defensive mistakes and seizing on turnovers.

The Blackhawks also gained steam as the series went on, wearing down the Lightning, who had to overcome injuries to Bishop and Nikita Kucherov, the third-leading scorer in the postseason, who left Game 5 with an injured shoulder. Tampa Bay played 26 postseason games, tying an N.H.L. record.

The Blackhawks are 42-14 in Games 4 through 7 of playoff series since Coach Joel Quenneville took over in 2008.

The series was notable because the best-known players were often overshadowed. The Lightning's best-known star, Steven Stamkos, the second-leading scorer during the regular season, did not have a goal in the finals. Neither did Hossa.

Instead, Brandon Saad, Andrew Shaw and Teravainen excelled on offense. On defense, Quenneville relied heavily on four defenders, most notably Keith, as well as Brent Seabrook, Niklas Hjalmarsson and Johnny Oduya.

It was Keith, though, who made the biggest difference, something that fans in Chicago are unlikely to forget.

"He's a special player," Seabrook said. "He doesn't take no for an answer. He doesn't quit."

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The Chicago Bears devastated the New England Patriots on this date in Super Bowl XX by an appropriate score, 46-10, stamping their ravaging "46" defense on National Football League history. The victory in New Orleans' Superdome, the first major championship for a Chicago team since the 1963 NFL title, was a near-perfect ending to a near-perfect season.

Coach Mike Ditka had shocked the team in 1982 when he predicted that the Bears would win the Super Bowl in three years. Ditka, who had played tight end for the Bears, had just been named head coach by owner George Halas. The team was numbed by a tradition of losing, despite outstanding performances by such stars as running back Gayle Sayers and linebacker Dick Butkus. To change that tradition, Ditka brought in younger players and instilled in them his fierce determination. Soon Ditka's rugged personality came to symbolize the Bears.A loss to San Francisco denied the team a trip to the 1985 Super Bowl, but the next season would be different. At quarterback was Jim McMahon, the "Punky QB." Future Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton rushed for 1,551 yards. The defense, featuring Mike Singletary, Richard Dent, Dan Hampton and Gary Fencik, terrorized opponents with their unconventional "46" blitzes under the aggressive coaching of defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan. And William "Refrigerator" Perry, a a 310-plus-pound defensive lineman, became a national celebrity when Ditka started to play him occasionally at fullback. Perry even scored three touchdowns.

Before the Super Bowl, many players made a music video called "The Super Bowl Shuffle," a gloating, highly premature celebration of a rollicking season that had been spoiled only by a loss to the Miami Dolphins.

The game itself became lopsided so early that the only suspense concerned McMahon's ever-changing headbands, which advertised various charities. However, the cries of "Payton! Payton!" went unanswered. The league's all-time leading rusher failed to score.

Ditka talked about the Bears becoming the team of the 1980s, but Ryan, who feuded openly with Ditka, left the following season. Distractions, such as commercial endorsements, and player attrition took their toll. The team won only two more playoff games under Ditka.

In 1993, Halas' grandson, Bears President Mike McCaskey, replaced Ditka with Dave Wannstedt, and in 1996, Wannstedt fired place-kicker Kevin Butler, the last remaining player from the super season of 1985.

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The Chicago Bears win the 1986 Super Bowl

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The Chicago Bears devastated the New England Patriots on this date in Super Bowl XX by an appropriate score, 46-10, stamping their ravaging "46" defense on National Football League history. The victory in New Orleans' Superdome, the first major championship for a Chicago team since the 1963 NFL title, was a near-perfect ending to a near-perfect season.

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Where was flight 191 leaving from and going to?
How many people were killed?
Did anyone survive?
What caused the crash?

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Almost 300 people are killed on May 25, 1979 when an American Airlines flight crashes and explodes after losing one engine just after takeoff.

It was the beginning of Memorial Day weekend in 1979 when 277 passengers filled Flight 191 from Chicago's O'Hare Airport bound for Los Angeles. The DC-10 jet took off normally but after rising to only 400 feet, stalled and then rolled to the left. The plane quickly plunged, crashing into Ravenswood Airport, which had been abandoned and was no longer in use.

The plane, loaded with fuel, exploded on impact, killing all 277 people on board instantly. The heat from the fire was so intense that firefighters could not approach the crash for close to an hour. The crash also caused a fire at a nearby mobile-home park and killed two bystanders on the ground. A Standard Oil gas storage facility was also nearly hit.

Following this crash, all DC-10s in the United States were impounded and grounded by judicial order because there was no immediate determination as to the cause of the crash and it was feared that it could have been caused by a problem common to the jet type. Ultimately, it was found that the left pylon, which supported the turbofan engine, came loose and took out the hydraulic lines. The left wing slats then retracted and the plane could not lift off properly. The American Airlines maintenance crew was found to be at fault-they had failed to follow the proper procedures when removing the engine and pylon during repairs and maintenance.

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American Airlines plane crashes in Chicago, killing all aboard

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Almost 300 people are killed on May 25, 1979 when an American Airlines flight crashes and explodes after losing one engine just after takeoff. It was the beginning of Memorial Day weekend in 1979 when 277 passengers filled Flight 191 from Chicago's O'Hare Airport bound for Los Angeles.

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When and Where did the first McDonalds open?
Is it still open?
Can you get food there now?

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We revere sacred spots. On the American highway, these places aren't where saints were martyred or battles waged, but where our great fast food chains began -- those crowning symbols of entrepreneurship and brand consistency.

Unfortunately, the worship began only in the last few decades. Our cultural consciousness didn't elevate soon enough to stop demolition of most original burger huts and milkshake palaces. And as elevated sugar and fat intake has fueled our engines of diabetic obesity, the Fast Food industry is under assault. Salads and low-fat drinks may transform the chains, but that's no reason to forget their origins....

For many -- the world's first Hardee's, Burger King, Carl's Jr, White Castle, Wendy's -- all that's left are old photos. But the Col. Sanders Cafe was restored to its 1940s KFC-birthplace splendor in Corbin, Kentucky; the first Pizza Hut was moved and preserved for study at Wichita State University, Kansas; and the first In-N-Out Burger was rebuilt from scratch in Baldwin Park, California.

So what about the Queen Mother of Value Meals?

McDonald's Corporation held onto the patch of property west of Chicago where franchise Store #1 stood; Ray Kroc first opened for business there on April 15, 1955, and he considered it to be his favorite store. But like all McDonald's it was remodeled repeatedly over the years. In 1984, the year Kroc died, Store #1 was demolished and then completely rebuilt in 1985 to look just as it did in 1955 (as a museum, not serving food). A modern McDonald's opened for business right across the street.

With golden arches soaring over a glass/metal/red-and-white tiled exterior, the building follows the original blueprints, with some modifications as a museum. The entrance sign is a rare single-arch original, with early cartoon mascot "Speedee" and the first boast: "We have sold over 1 million."

The replica restaurant/museum could be viewed only through the windows, because repeated flooding from the nearby river forced the building to close its interior to the public in 2008. The ground floor exhibits original fry vats, milkshake "Multi-mixers," soda barrels and grills, attended to by a crew of male mannequins in 1950s uniforms. You can peek through the order windows in front (there was no sit-down restaurant section in that era). Nothing is operating or moving, so the effect is eerie, like a cheap sci-fi show where time has frozen.

Down in the basement (now off-limits) was a low-ceilinged space with back-lit glass brick walls, showcasing a collection of vintage ads, photos, and a video about McDonald's history. There wasn't room for much else. End of tour.

Over at the modern McD's, you can view a half dozen glass-enclosed exhibits arrayed around the tables, but patrons shoot dirty glances when you lean over them to examine the artifacts. There are red and white tiles from the original restaurant, and string ties worn by employees from the 1950s to the early '70s.

In comparison with other consumer product histories writ ludicrously large, such as Coca Cola, or even Zippo Lighter, McD's salute to self-importance always seemed way too laid back. As a global icon, McDonald's owes it to civilization to build a magnificent Golden Arches City or Speedee's World of Food History -- and do it now, while portions and customers are still super-sized.

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McDonald's Store No. 1 (Gone), Des Plaines, Illinois

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A sacred origin spot for American fast foodies, Store No. 1 was rebuilt in 1985, creating its own 1955 time warp. Closed in July 2017 by the corporation, which no longer wanted to preserve it. Bulldozed Aug. 21, 2018. Site now a city park.

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What team did he curse?
What other team's fans brought goats to the game to try to curse the team?
Have they ever won a World Series (google it)? If so what year(s)?

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Tavern owner William "Billy Goat" Sianis was stopped at the gate before Game 4 of the 1945 World Series at Wrigley Field with his goat, Murphy, in tow.

Murphy's stench, rather than the fact he was, well, a goat, seemed to be the determining factor on why the animal wasn't allowed into the game. The goat had his own ticket, after all.

"You are going to lose this World Series and you are never going to win another World Series again," Sianis proclaimed.

The Chicago Cubs dropped Game 4, a defeat that evened the series at 2-2. The Detroit Tigers eventually won the championship in seven games and "The Curse of the Billy Goat" was born.

Once the Curse of the Bambino --- the legend based off the Boston Red Sox's trade of slugger Babe Ruth --- was shredded as Boston broke its title drought by winning the 2004 World Series, the Billy Goat curse became baseball's inarguable top hex.

The Cubs are back in their first World Series since Sianis, a Greek immigrant who owned The Billy Goat Tavern, wasn't allowed to bring his goat inside Wrigley. The Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908.

The legend of the curse grew as the Cubs stumbled in their smattering of postseason appearances over the next several decades and it spawned a couple other reasons for the Cubs' postseason futility:

The Black Cat Curse

Late the 1969 season, a black cat ran on the in front of the Cubs' dugout during a game at Shea Stadium as Chicago faltered and fell out of playoff contention.

The Bartman Curse

This one involves poor Steve Bartman, the much-maligned fan who deflected a ball during Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS and prevented Cubs left fielder Moises Alou from potentially making a putout. The Cubs, who held a 3-0 lead in the eighth inning, surrendered the lead as the Marlins evened and, ultimately, won the series in seven games.

The Cubs have attempted to rid their franchise of the Billy Goat curse, if one actually exists. Sam Sianis, William Sianis's nephew, was invited to opening day with a goat who descended from Murphy.

"The curse is lifted," Sam Sianis said.

At the start of the 2008 playoffs, the Cubs invited Rev. Father James L. Greanias, a Greek Orthodox priest, to Wrigley. Greanias spread the Cubs' dugout with holy water.

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The Chicago Cubs' billy goat curse, explained

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CLOSE Tavern owner William "Billy Goat" Sianis was stopped at the gate before Game 4 of the 1945 World Series at Wrigley Field with his goat, Murphy, in tow. Murphy's stench, rather than the fact he was, well, a goat, seemed to be the determining factor on why the animal wasn't allowed into the game.

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Where did the shooting take place?
What happened to the shooter?
Do they know why, the shooter went on a rampage?

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Other than being Valentine's Day, there was nothing remarkable about Thursday, February 14, 2008. It was cold, there was snow on the ground, and students in Ocean Science 104 were listening to a lecture in one of Cole Hall's two auditoriums.

Suddenly a man burst through a back door and onto the stage, firing a shotgun first at the lecturer and then into the audience. Some students ran; others crawled under the seats to a back door; still others sat frozen, unable to comprehend what was happening. The shooter walked up and down the aisles, firing two pistols.

Less than five minutes after he began the attack, the gunman took his own life on the stage. He had fired 50 rounds, killing five students and injuring 18 more. Eight of the injured were in critical condition.

Outside students stumbled, some shoeless and most without coats, into the bright light of a snow-covered campus. Emergency responders were on the scene within minutes, as units from throughout the region poured onto campus. The speed with which injured students received care and were transported to hospital was later acknowledged as having saved many lives.

Other stories of heroism later emerged, including that of Huskie offensive lineman Tim Mayerbock, who carried an injured student out of harms way. Although they had never met before, Mayerbock stayed with the victim, through an ambulance ride and at the hospital until family arrived.

Also within minutes came a sound that many learned to hate - that of news helicopters hovering overhead. The onslaught of media attention added heavily to the burden of an already overwhelmed campus leadership.

Within 15 minutes of the first call to 911, the Office of Public Affairs had posted alerts on the NIU website and sent broadcast emails and voicemails to the campus. Ninety minutes after the first shot was fired, NIU officials held the first of several news conferences. Media packed the Altgeld Auditorium as a shaken President Peters delivered the news that a mass shooting had taken place, and that there were fatalities.

Massive cell phone use in the minutes following the shooting overwhelmed cell towers and shut down service till later that evening. At Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb, emergency crews were tending to an unprecedented number of gunshot victims while managing dozens upon dozens of family members who rushed there with little to no information about their students.

The chaos that reigned on February 14 soon gave way to many days, weeks and months of recovery.

Classes were cancelled for the remainder of that week and for all of the following week. A memorial service was held at the Convocation Center on the Sunday before classes were to resume. More than 10,000 people attended in person, with thousands more watching remote broadcasts. Illinois' governor and its entire congressional delegation attended, including a junior senator named Barack Obama.

When classes resumed the following day, a call for 50 volunteer counselors to work with anguished students was answered by more than 300 mental health professionals from across the country.

Colleagues from Virginia Tech, who flew out to offer help in the early days of the crisis, remained in touch throughout the weeks and months ahead. From their experience and advice came creation of the Office of Support and Advocacy to work with victims and families. The office, which offered support, practical assistance and comfort, was in operation for five years.

Decisions had to be made on a nearly hourly basis, for it is no small matter to shut down and then re-open a university full of shell-shocked, grieving students, faculty and staff. In all things, President Peters urged, let us err on the side of kindness and compassion. And we did.

And then there was the matter of Cole Hall.

In the early days of grief and anger, Peters vowed to tear it down. No student should have to go in there again, he reasoned, and it would be a dark reminder of NIU's worst hour. Yet Peters listened when a campus survey reported a different view: that destruction of Cole Hall would mean that the shooter had won. Instead, the scene of the tragedy remained closed for several years, finally remodeled with money from the state and reopened in a new incarnation in 2012.

More than a million dollars in unsolicited donations poured into the NIU Foundation, some of which were used to create a Memorial Garden outside of Cole Hall, with granite markers, beautiful landscaping and an uplifting piece of sculpture. The donations also helped create a scholarship program that each year honors five students of strong character who reflect the values of those lost on 2/14:

From left to right:

Catalina Garcia, 20, sophomore Elementary Education major

Daniel Parmenter, 20, sophomore Finance major

Gayle Dubowski, 20, sophomore Anthropology major

Julianna Gehant, 32, junior Elementary Education major

Ryanne Mace, 19, sophomore Psychology major

Around town, businesses and individuals purchased, decorated and displayed life-size Huskie statues - many of which remain to this day. Lighted marquees throughout the community bore messages of hope and support. And it was from those expressions of support that one phrase became a symbol of strength in unity: Forward, Together Forward.

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Mass shooting leaves six dead and 21 injured in Cole Hall (2008) - NIU 125 Key Moments

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Other than being Valentine's Day, there was nothing remarkable about Thursday, February 14, 2008. It was cold, there was snow on the ground, and students in Ocean Science 104 were listening to a lecture in one of Cole Hall's two auditoriums. Suddenly a man burst through a back door and onto the stage, firing a [...]

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What other famous people did he go to school with?
Name 3 of his long list of accomplishments.

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Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct where Joe Mantello attended college.

Joe Mantello, director of the popular Broadway musical "Wicked," is in Chicago this summer directing Sting's musical "The Last Ship" before it graces Broadway stages in New York this fall.

The 1980 graduate of Boylan Catholic High School has been nominated for seven Tony Awards since leaving Rockford for New York City, where he established himself as one of Broadway's premier actors and directors.

Mantello won directing Tonys for the play "Take Me Out" in 2003 and the musical "Assassins" in 2004.

In 1993, he was nominated as an actor for his work in "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches" and received nods for directing "Love! Valour! Compassion!" in 1995, "Glengarry Glen Ross" in 2005 and "9 to 5" in 2009.

Mantello recently received a Tony nomination for his role as Ned Weeks, a gay writer and AIDS activist, in "The Normal Heart"; the play tackles homophobia and discrimination.

It wasn't the first time Mantello has been a part of a play promoting gay rights. His direction of the play "Corpus Christi" generated controversy for challenging religious views of homosexuality through a Christ-like gay protagonist named Joshua, according to a 1998 article in the Register Star.

Before becoming one of the biggest names on Broadway, he was a high school kid grinding out plays at Starlight Theatre and Rockford College alongside an unusually competitive troupe.

From 1972 to 1979, Rockford's art and theater scene was teeming with talent. Other Boylan students who performed at small venues eventually rose in the entertainment industry. Among them:

Bob Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment, who produced several TV shows, including "Weeds," "Dexter," "Six Feet Under" and "The X-Files." Art director Dan Webster (Class of 1976), whose 28 films include "Life of Pi," "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay" and "Tropic Thunder." Marin Mazzie, an actress nominated for three Tonys. "We used to say it's the water in Rockford," said Mike Webb, producer and managing director at Starlight.

Webb said the unique mix of talent created an ultracompetitive atmosphere that drove each member of "the Rockford syndicate" to excel. "Most of them hate each other. They're very competitive."

Mantello had a full scholarship to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts located in Winston-Salem, N.C., but he dropped out of college to pursue an acting career.

The move began to payoff by the early 1990s.

"He quit to go act because he had a great opportunity to do that," Webb said. "He was Tony-nominated for his work in "Angels In America" and he eventually moved his way into directing."

Mantello has been at the top of his field since. And with the money from directing "Wicked," Webb said, he doesn't need to work anymore.

"He's very talented. He's really good."

And now he has his choice of projects.

Sting's musical, "The Last Ship," ran from June 10 to July 13 as a pre-Broadway premiere at the Bank of America Theater in Chicago.

Ben Stanley: 815-987-1369; bstanley@rrstar.com; @Ben_J_Stanley

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What did Carol attempt in 2004?

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Carol Moseley Braun served in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999 as a Democrat from Illinois. Born in Chicago in 1947, Moseley Braun came of age in the midst of the civil rights movement and pursued a career in law. She became an Illinois state representative in 1977 and then served four years as Recorder of Deeds for Cook County, Illinois, the first African American elected to a Cook County executive position. In 1992 she defeated both the Democratic incumbent and the Republican challenger for a seat in the U.S. Senate, becoming the first female senator from Illinois and the first African American woman to serve in the Senate. As a senator, Moseley Braun sponsored progressive education bills and campaigned for gun control. In 1999 she became the U.S. ambassador to New Zealand, a position she held until 2001. Moseley Braun ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for president in 2004.

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Carol Moseley Braun: A Featured Biography

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Carol Moseley Braun served in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999 as a Democrat from Illinois. Born in Chicago in 1947, Moseley Braun came of age in the midst of the civil rights movement and pursued a career in law.

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What WNBA team does she play for now?
What town in IL is Ruthy from?

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Ruthy Hebard is far from content with her first WNBA season. But given the unprecedented circumstances of 2020, she said she is pleased with how she did overall.

Making the transition from college to the WNBA is difficult for everyone. But doing it inside a bubble isolated from friends and family amid a global pandemic and a summer of racial reckoning provided even more challenges for this season's rookie class.

Hebard, whom the Sky picked eighth overall during the WNBA's first virtual draft in April, has taken everything thrown at her over the last nine months in stride. Even after

Oregon's storybook season was cut short without an NCAA Tournament, Hebard remained positive and optimistic about the future.

Hebard, a 6-4 forward known for her efficient scoring, didn't get a traditional training camp before the start of this season. And the league's condensed schedule, with many games happening on one-day rest, made it difficult to practice on a consistent basis. Both those factors, she said, contributed to her "up-and-down" season.

"[We weren't] able to practice as much as I would have liked. We kind of jumped into games and stuff, which was tough for me," Hebard told the Sun-Times in a phone interview after the season. "We also played back to back, so that was definitely hard, too. . . . Our practices were lighter and shorter and they weren't full practices, so it's definitely harder when you don't practice and don't get the rhythm going as much as I would like."

Hebard started six of the 22 games, averaging 5.7 points and 3.9 rebounds in 14.5 minutes. She posted her first WNBA double-double against the Fever on Aug. 31, recording 12 points and 11 rebounds. Another highlight was her breakout performance in the regular-season finale against the Wings in which she totaled 22 points, eight rebounds, two blocks and two assists.

Center Stefanie Dolson was impressed with Hebard's professionalism and thought the 22-year-old handled the season "amazingly."

Coach James Wade also lauded Hebard's maturity.

"She carried herself well," Wade said. "She was so focused on what she needed to do. She wasn't used to playing at this speed or playing at this level of preciseness that you have to have and all this attention to detail that you have to have. . . . I felt like she handled it well even in times when you saw she struggled. Even during times when we threw her in the fire, when we made her start the game guarding Candace Parker or start the playoff game guarding Alyssa Thomas, it was tough, it was tough. But she responded, and this is only going to be a learning lesson for her."

Hebard's biggest struggles came on defense. Dolson believes if Hebard works on that, she has a "great future" ahead of her.

"A player like her is someone that any team could have and could use," Dolson said. "She will probably always have a job just with the poise that she has as a post player because it's not easy to find. She's aggressive, she's confident, but . . . she doesn't really take bad shots. It's just the type of game any team would love to have and I know that we're happy to have."

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Ruthy Hebard is far from content with her first WNBA season. But given the unprecedented circumstances of 2020, she said she is pleased with how she did overall. Making the transition from college to the WNBA is difficult for everyone.

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Name two accomplishments of Robin Williams?
What rules did he break while filming?
Where was Robin born?
What illness did he suffer from (google it)

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Robin Williams Changed TV Production Forever | Biography

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Oprah was the first African American what?
Name 3 of her many accomplishments?
What things did Oprah have to overcome in life?

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Oprah Winfrey - American Media Proprietor & Talk Show Host | Mini Bio | Biography

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What was Elijah known for?
Why did he believe?
What happened that he died?

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The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered

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What number president was Reagan?
What was unique about his presidency?
What is he most known for?

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Ronald Reagan - U.S. President | Mini Bio | BIO

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What law school did Barack attend?
How many years was Obama president for?
Name two things he accomplished while in office.

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Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States | Biography

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Where was Emmett from?
What were the rules he had to follow in Mississippi?
What happened to Emmett and why?

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Educational Videos for Students (Cartoons on Bullying, Leadership & More)

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Emmett Till (Documentary) Black History Month (Educational Videos for Students)

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How long was that group together?
Where is Michelle from?
Has she release any solo albums? (google it) If so what kind of music?

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Tenitra Michelle Williams was born on July 23, 1979 in Rockford, Illinois. When she was a child, she never imagined being in one of the most successful female groups in the country. When she was 17, she had a friend who was playing the keyboard for famous R&B star: Monica so, of course, she told him, like any other fan would do, to tell the star hi. Weeks later, she received a phone call from that friend telling her there were openings for a background singer, so she went on a flight to Atlanta for auditions and became Monica's background dancer. Then, about 3 years later, she received a call telling her she would be in the R&B/popular group, Destiny's Child. From then on, she, with the group, won numerous awards, including 2 Grammys, MTV VMA's, and "Soul Train Lady of Soul" Award and recorded her first album, with the group, which is titled "Survivor".

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Joey Francilus curseboy24@yahoo.com
Former backup singer for Monica.

Briefly attended Illinois State University in Normal, Il.

Michelle's younger brother Erron produced some of the tracks on her album.

Michelle co-wrote "Better Place" which is a tribute to the victims of September 11.

(June 13th 2005) She and the other members of Destiny's Child announced that they will disband after their tour ends in the fall.

Michelle Williams has become a minority owner in the WNBA's newest basketball team, the Chicago Sky

She and Destiny's Child were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

First began singing in the church choir.

Is currently playing Roxie Hart on Broadway in the hit musical 'Chicago'. [February 2010]

Is currently in the touring company of the musical 'The Color Purple' where she plays Shug Avery. She is in the process of recording her third album which will be her very first R&B record. The album is set to be released early next year. [November 2007]

Recently released her gospel CD, 'My heart to yours', and is recording her next album.

Michelle is set to record her next album in January, and is to appear in three episodes of the hit UPN comedy Half & Half. [December 2005]

It was announced that Destiny's Child will split up after they finish their tour this fall. [June 2005]

Beyoncé and Kelly to me are like sisters.

"In ten years, I would like to live on a river and to be known to be in one of the most succesful singing groups".

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Tenitra Michelle Williams was born on July 23, 1979 in Rockford, Illinois. When she was a child, she never imagined being in one of the most successful female groups in the country. When she was 17, she had a friend who was playing the keyboard for famous R&B star: Monica so, of course, she told him, like any other fan would do, to tell the star hi.

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What was she one of the first women to do in the military?
What happened to her in the military?
What award did she receive?

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U.S.Senator Tammy Duckworth is an Iraq War Veteran, Purple Heart recipient and former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs who was among the first handful of Army women to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Duckworth served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years before retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 2014. She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016 after representing Illinois's Eighth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives for two terms.

In 2004, Duckworth was deployed to Iraq as a Blackhawk helicopter pilot for the Illinois Army National Guard. On November 12, 2004, her helicopter was hit by an RPG and she lost her legs and partial use of her right arm. Senator Duckworth spent the next year recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where she quickly became an advocate for her fellow Soldiers. After she recovered, she became Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs, where she helped create a tax credit for employers that hire Veterans, established a first-in-the-nation 24/7 Veterans crisis hotline and developed innovative programs to improve Veterans' access to housing and health care.

In 2009, President Obama appointed Duckworth as an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs, where she coordinated a joint initiative with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help end Veteran homelessness, worked to address the unique challenges faced by female as well as Native American Veterans and created the Office of Online Communications to improve the VA's accessibility, especially among young Veterans.

In the U.S. House, Duckworth served on the Armed Services Committee and was an advocate for working families and job creation, introducing bills like her bipartisan Friendly Airports for Mothers (FAM) Act to ensure new mothers have access to safe, clean and accessible lactation rooms when traveling through airports, which is now law. She helped lead passage of the bipartisan Clay Hunt SAV Act, which enhanced efforts to track and reduce Veteran suicides. She also passed the Troop Talent Act to help returning Veterans find jobs in the private sector and worked to cut waste and fraud at the Pentagon and throughout government, including passing a common-sense provision that was projected to save taxpayers $4 billion by reducing redundancy in military uniforms.

In the U.S. Senate, Duckworth advocates for practical, common-sense solutions needed to move our state and country forward like rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, protecting Illinoisans from lead poisoning, growing manufacturing jobs while supporting minority-owned small businesses, investing in communities that have been ignored for too long and making college more affordable for all Americans. She co-founded the Senate's first-ever Environmental Justice Caucus and also continues her lifelong mission of supporting, protecting and keeping the promises we've made to our Veterans as well as ensuring that we stand fully behind the troops our nation sends into danger overseas. In 2018, after Duckworth became the first Senator to give birth while serving in office, she sent a message to working families across the country about the value of family-friendly policies by securing a historic rules change that allows Senators to bring their infant children onto the Senate floor.

As Senator, she advocates for practical, common-sense solutions needed to move our country and our state forward

Senator Duckworth serves on several influential committees that give her an important platform to advocate for Illinois's working families and entrepreneurs: the Armed Services Committee; the Environment & Public Works Committee; the Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee; and the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee. The first Senate bill she introduced-which supports Illinois jobs by helping prevent bureaucratic delays in infrastructure projects-became law in record time. As a result of her achievements, Duckworth was ranked as a "highly effective lawmaker" and as the most effective freshman Democratic Senator in the 115th Congress by the Center for Effective Lawmaking.

Duckworth is fluent in Thai and Indonesian. She attended college at the University of Hawaii and earned a Master of Arts in International Affairs from the George Washington University. Following graduation, Duckworth moved to Illinois and began pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at Northern Illinois University and later worked for Rotary International. To this day, the Senator volunteers at local food pantries and participates in community service projects in her free time.

Senator Duckworth and her husband Bryan are the proud parents of two daughters, Abigail and Maile.

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About Tammy | U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois

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U.S.Senator Tammy Duckworth is an Iraq War Veteran, Purple Heart recipient and former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs who was among the first handful of Army women to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Duckworth served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years before retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 2014.

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Director Bing Liu and Producer Diane Quon

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Director Bing Liu and Producer Diane Quon

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, ABC7 presents 'Asian Influences'... an Emmy award-winning program that shines the spotlight on Chicago's Pan-Asian American community. ABC7's Judy Hsu hosts 'Asian Influences' along with contributors Cate Cauguiran, Eric Horng and Ravi Baichwal.

In this edition, you heard their names at the Oscars, now meet the talented film-making duo behind the critically-acclaimed documentary, 'Minding the Gap'. We also introduce two real political trailblazers.. one, a former judge who has dedicated his retirement years to giving back.. the other, a driven 26 year-old in Northwest Indiana who was a passionate volunteer, turned activist.. but when he couldn't find a candidate he wanted to 'back', he ran -himself- and won a seat in the Indiana State Legislature. He also made history in the process! You'll also see how music helped to heal a Chicago woman, now she's returned to her hometown.. to help -others-. And get a closer look at a fixture in Chinatown that shines a light on the rich culture and history of Chicago's Chinese Americans... then meet a former business exec who's trying to 'disrupt' the online fashion business... with an innovative new APP!!

The past year has been a whirlwind for Director Bing Liu and Producer Diane Quon. They are the talented Chicago duo behind the critically-acclaimed documentary, 'Minding the Gap'. In fact, the film won the jury award for breakthrough documentary filmmaking at Sundance and went on to earn an Oscar nod for best Documentary. What began as way to document Liu's passion for skateboarding in his hometown of Rockford, Illinois.. turned into a powerful look at domestic violence, race relations and the 'gap' these young skateboarders must face as they enter adulthood. Host Judy Hsu caught up with Liu and Quon at Kartemquin films, the company that first brought Liu and Quon together. Then, we follow Bing Liu and cast member Keire Johnson as they returned to their Rockford roots to take part in a hometown screening of 'Minding the Gap'. Along with adoring fans, Liu was greeted with donations to help several agencies that serve at-risk children.. and welcome news about several initiatives underway in Rockford, to help combat some of the social issues highlighted in the film. Bing and Diane -will- soon work together again.. this time, the topic for the documentary.. is Millennial love.

For more information:
www.kartemquin.com
Indiana State Representative Chris Chyung
You -could- say its part of the 'blue wave' or that voters just want -change-... but the fact remains, a 26 year-old from Northwest Indiana has made -history- in the Hoosier state! Chris Chyung is Indiana's youngest state lawmaker but he is also the very FIRST Asian-American to be elected to the Indiana Legislature. Chyung was born in Merrillville to Korean immigrant parents who -hoped- their son would follow them into the medical field.... but that wasn't to be. After earning a degree in Engineering from Columbia University, he worked for a time in Chicago real estate, all the while, volunteering for several agencies in Northwest Indiana. That volunteer work led to activism but when Chyung couldn't find a candidate to back for State Representative in his home District... he decided to run for the office, himself! After knocking on thousands of doors, Chyung was able to defeat the longtime Republican incumbent by less than 100 votes.

For more information:
https://indianahousedemocrats.org/members/chris-chyung/full
Judge Kenneth Moy
Another political trailblazer is Judge Kenneth Moy. Moy was the first Asian American elected to County office in Illinois.. and he went on to take 'the bench' in DuPage County. But in his retirement years, his focus has really become 'giving back'! Moy has long funded scholarships through the DuPage Foundation.. and recently, he gave $2 million to a place that is an important refuge for more than 300 residents. At DuPage Care Center in Wheaton, 70% of the residents are Medicaid recipients. It also happens to be the special place where Judge Moy's wife resides, Patricia Moy has battled Alzheimer's disease for 8 years. The Care Center plans to make a host of renovations with the new funds. To honor their benefactor, the new name of the facility is the Kenneth Moy DuPage Care Center.

For more information:
https://www.dupageco.org/convo/
People's Music School/Jennifer Kim Matsuzawa
For four decades, a very unique place in the Uptown neighborhood has been exposing young people to the joy of music, while transforming lives! And Jennifer Kim Matsuzawa should know, she was so moved by the mission of the People's Music school that she returned to her roots, to lead it. That 'homecoming' has even provided all-important healing for her. Matsuzawa and her husband lost their first 2 children to an undiagnosed genetic disorder. During a long period of mourning, it was Matsuzawa's love of music that became her greatest comfort. She left her high-paying executive position, to play and teach again as the President and Artistic Director of the People's Music School. The school gives music lessons to hundreds of Chicago children, free of charge.

People's Music School
931 W. Eastwood
Chicago, IL 60640
773-784-7032
www.peoplesmusicschool.org
Style 545/Disha Gulati
We've all seen the ads for the 'new way' to shop for clothes, when a box arrives at your door with 'looks' to try on. But for the founder of a new Chicago-based 'start up', improving that shopping experience while driving people -back- into the brick and mortar stores... was KEY. Disha Gulati will soon launch her APP, Style 545. The concept is simple, the subscriber details what they are shopping for, their size, how much they want to spend and Style 545 sends back stylist-curated looks for them. Once a Style 545 user has singled out 5 or 6 looks they really like, they set up an appointment to try them all on... in-store. Style 545 has partnerships with several local boutiques, including Cinnamon Boutique in Roscoe Village. When Gulati isn't working on her fashion start-up, she is has another important role at Chicago's big Tech Incubator, 1871. Gulati is 1871's Vice President of Corporate Innovation, which means she works tirelessly to help other entrepreneurs find important partnerships with bigger corporations.

For more information:
www.style545.com

1871
222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza #1212
Chicago, IL 60654
312-239-0310

Cinnamon Boutique
2104 West Roscoe
Chicago, IL 60618
773-281-2466
www.cinnamonboutique.com
Chinese-American Museum of Chicago
The Chinese American Museum of Chicago is the largest institution in the Midwest, dedicated to promoting the history and culture of Chinese Americans. In fact, 6-thousand people visit the museum each year! It showcases exhibits about Chinese workers who built the transcontinental railroad.. or 'Great Wall to Great Lakes'... all about immigration...and My Chinatown, that offers up a glimpse of what life was like in this historic neighborhood through the years. The museum first opened to the public in May 2005 but a devastating fire in 2008 forced it to close its doors for a time. After an extensive renovation, CAMOC reopened in 2010 and has been delighting visitors ever since.

Chinese-American Museum of Chicago
238 West 23rd St
Chicago, IL 60616
www.ccamuseum.org

Holly Grisham and Justyna Syska are the producers of Asian Influences.

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, ABC7 presents 'Asian Influences'... an Emmy award-winning program that shines the spotlight on Chicago's Pan-Asian American community. ABC7's Judy Hsu hosts 'Asian Influences' along with contributors Cate Cauguiran, Eric Horng and Ravi Baichwal.

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Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher, in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries. In her lifetime, she battled sexism, racism, and violence. As a skilled writer, Wells-Barnett also used her skills as a journalist to shed light on the conditions of African Americans throughout the South.

Ida Bell Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi on July 16 th, 1862. She was born into slavery during the Civil War. Once the war ended Wells-Barnett's parents became politically active in Reconstruction Era politics. Her parents instilled into her the importance of education. Wells-Barnett enrolled at Rust College but was expelled when she started a dispute with the university president. In 1878, Wells-Barnett went to visit her grandmother. While she was there Wells-Barnett was informed that a yellow fever epidemic had hit her hometown. The disease took both of Wells-Barnett's parents and her infant brother. Left to raise her brothers and sister, she took a job as a teacher so that she could keep the family together. Eventually, Wells-Barnett moved her siblings to Memphis, Tennessee. There she continued to work as an educator.

In 1884, Wells-Barnett filed a lawsuit against a train car company in Memphis for unfair treatment. She had been thrown off a first-class train, despite having a ticket. Although she won the case on the local level, the ruling was eventually overturned in federal court. After the lynching of one of her friends, Wells-Barnett turned her attention to white mob violence. She became skeptical about the reasons black men were lynched and set out to investigate several cases. She published her findings in a pamphlet and wrote several columns in local newspapers. Her expose about an 1892 lynching enraged locals, who burned her press and drove her from Memphis. After a few months, the threats became so bad she was forced to move to Chicago, Illinois.

In 1893, Wells-Barnett, joined other African American leaders in calling for the boycott of the World's Columbian Exposition. The boycotters accused the exposition committee of locking out African Americans and negatively portraying the black community. In 1895, Wells-Barnett married famed African American lawyer Ferdinand Barnett. Together, the couple had four children. Throughout her career Wells-Barnett, balanced motherhood with her activism.

Wells-Barnett traveled internationally, shedding light on lynching to foreign audiences. Abroad, she openly confronted white women in the suffrage movement who ignored lynching. Because of her stance, she was often ridiculed and ostracized by women's suffrage organizations in the United States. Nevertheless, Wells-Barnett remained active the women's rights movement. She was a founder of the National Association of Colored Women's Club which was created to address issues dealing with civil rights and women's suffrage. Although she was in Niagara Falls for the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), her name is not mentioned as an official founder. Late in her career Wells-Barnett focused on urban reform in the growing city of Chicago. She died on March 25 th, 1931.

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Pioneering journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett battled sexism, racism, and violence, particularly working to shed light on the conditions of African Americans throughout the South. Read her story on womenshistory.org.

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LGBTQ Activism: The Henry Gerber House, Chicago, IL (U.S. National Park Service)

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Article • Finding Our Place: LGBTQ Heritage in the United States

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Equality Illinois mourns the passing of former Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne.

Mayor Byrne was a pioneer. The first and only woman elected mayor in Chicago, she recognized the LGBT diversity of the city.

Mayor Byrne proclaimed the first Gay Pride Parade Day in the city in 1981 and was the first major political figure to appear in the city's Pride Parade in 1985. She also ended police raids on gay bars, issued the first executive order ending discrimination in city employment practices and supported a gay rights ordinance.

Mayor Byrne set the standard for public officials in the city and the state as the first to publicly build a bridge to the LGBT community.

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Remembering Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne " Equality Illinois

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Equality Illinois mourns the passing of former Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne. Mayor Byrne was a pioneer. The first and only woman elected mayor in Chicago, she recognized the LGBT diversity of the city. Mayor Byrne proclaimed the first Gay Pride Parade Day in the city in 1981 and was the first major political figure to appear in the city's Pride Parade in 1985.