Every day has a story tied to it. What stories does August 24 hold? Today, we reflect on the events that have shaped history.

1929: The first Bud Billiken Parade was hosted by Chicago Defender founder Robert Sengstacke Abbott as a way to thank the children who hawked his newspaper.

Though most children today do not know who Bud Billiken is or who he is supposed to represent, Billiken lives on each year in the parade of bands and floats that wind along Martin Luther King ...