INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1999 A Chicago native, Phill Wilson has achieved national prominence as an advocate for persons with AIDS,
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FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 1999 This “Friend of the Community” is a longtime Chicago political figure and African American
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1999 As both a literary figure and a music and literary critic Gregg Shapiro is one of
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1999 For more than 20 years, he has been an organizer of gay and lesbian Jewish activities
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FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 1999 [Now Deceased] Adrene Perom was the non-gay owner of a North Side gay
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ORGANIZATION | Inducted 1999 Since 1990 as the first effort of its kind in the Midwest, the Lesbian Community Cancer
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1999 Building on her tennis stardom to create social change, Billie Jean King has elevated the self-esteem
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1999 [Now Deceased] Derrick Hicks has been active as an organizer in the African American lesbian and
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1999 [Posthumous] Born in Chicago in 1930 and best known for “A Raisin in the Sun”, which
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1999 Since moving to Chicago in 1986, Rick Garcia has continued as a high-profile activist and helped
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