86th annual Bud Billiken Parade promotes education

Monday, August 10, 2015
CHICAGO -- The 86th annual Bud Billiken Parade returned to Chicago's South Side Saturday afternoon.

The parade, which is one of the largest in the U.S., promotes education.
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Bud Billiken, who symbolizes the guardian of all children, is a mascot created in 1923 for the Chicago Defender Newspaper. The overall goal of the parade is to raise $500,000 for scholarships.

Watch on-demand video from the parade here.
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