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<p>Timuel Black mobilized the political power of the predominantly Black South Side of Chicago, taught others — including a young Barack Obama — how to do the same, and in his final decades compiled oral histories giving voice to his community’s Black working class.</p>

He assembled attendees of the March on Washington, mentored a young Barack Obama and wielded the solidarity of the South Side as a tool for political power.

Final Call News Balloons are released during recent birth anniversary celebration for the late activist Lu Palmer . CHICAGO—Black nationalists, activists, Christians, Moors, and Muslims, representing a cross section of Black beliefs, recently met on 37th and Wabash Avenue on the city’s South Side to celebrate, honor and remember Lutrelle “Lu” Fleming Palmer, Jr. a fearless writer, radio show host, newspaper publisher and political activist. Lou Palmer He is remembered for his journalist...