Dempsey Travis, Pioneering African American Businessman And Civil Rights...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Dempsey Travis, a stockyards worker's son who rose to become a real estate magnate, civil rights activist and jazz musician, has died at age 89. The self-made millionaire died Thursday at his home, his family said. As a South Side developer during the... read the full story
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