A farewell tribute was posted in our News section for Sunday, September 27, 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/thefreadomroadfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/harold-lee-rush.jpg” title_text=”harold-lee-rush” admin_label=”Harold Lee Rush Photo” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_toggle title=”Harold Lee Rush” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Harold Lee Rush Toggle” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]The creative genius and performance energy of Harold Lee Rush has been recognized for five decades locally in the Chicagoland area, nationally and internationally. Mr. Rush has hosted broadcasts all over the U.S. and around the world, including London, Senegal, Jamaica and the Bahamas.<\/p>\n
He has served in numerous capacities in the entertainment and education fields.<\/p>\n
As an actor he has toured nationally with the Robin Hood Players Professional Theatre Company and appeared in the first Black-produced dramatic television series in the United States, “Bird of the Iron Feather” on Chicago’s Public Television Station. He is in demand as A Spoken Word artist, reciting his own internationally award winning poetry.<\/p>\n
He has served as talk show host, producer and executive on air producer. He has performed at Chicago\u2019s WGCI radio with Bob Wall as the only Black\u2013White morning show duo in a major market and with the legendary Doug Banks where he created the “Front Page” segment, which has been copied in morning shows across the country. He has worked at Johnson Publishing Company’s WJPC Radio and was announcer for “Ebony-Jet Showcase” TV Show. At Chicago Access Network (CAN) TV he has hosted two television series \u201cRush Street\u201d and \u201cOne Step Closer to the Top.\u201d<\/p>\n
As an educator, he was adjunct teacher at Columbia College Chicago and is Radio Broadcast Instructor and Student Liaison at the Official Radio Station of the City Colleges of Chicago – WKKC Radio. He continues to teach and mentor by reaching out to high schools, community organizations, civic groups and others to invite them to participate in the annual Chicago History Month which he created.<\/p>\n
Mr. Rush has received many honors including Outstanding Young Men of America; United Negro College Fund Distinguished Leader Award; Malcolm X City College of Chicago Honorary Degree; Chicago Board of Education and Chicago Police Department \u201cWe Care Role Model Program \u201c Award and the Monarch Award from Xi Nu Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, among others.[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#474747″ global_module=”3858″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Dr. Margaret T. Burroughs, artist, poet, and legendary founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History, has had many articles and books written about her, including the book she wrote about herself, Life With Margaret; the Official Autobiography. An especially good summary of her life can be found online on the History Makers website […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":60,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
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