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People



Singing
in a Strange Land: C.L. Franklin, the Black
Church, and the Transformation of America
Give
Me This Mountain: Life History and Selected
Sermons
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Dennis
Farina (actor)
born in Chicago and is a former Chicago
policeman, numerous films -- Chris
Farley (actor,
comedian)
born and grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, appeared
in numerous films and as Saturday Night Live
regular, died in apartment in Chicago --
Nancy Faust (organist) Chicago White Sox
stadium organist. Enrico Fermi
(nuclear physicist) worked on nuclear bomb
in Manhattan Project at University of Chicago
and died in Chicago, Femilab
is named after Fermi -- Eileen Fisher
(www.eileenfisher.com,
fashion designer) grew up in Des Plaines and
attended all girls St. Patrick's High School
(now-closed) -- Patrick Fitzgerald U.S.
Attorney not related to Peter Fitzgerald.
Prosecutor in the case against Sheikh Omar Abdel
Rahman -- Harrison
Ford (actor)
grew up in Chicago area, attended Maine Township
High School, numerous films including Star Wars,
Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Fugitive (filmed
in Chicago) CL Franklin
(Reverend) Moved to Chicago during the Great
Migration, taught gospel singing at Pilgrim
Baptist Church, father of Motown legend Aretha
Franklin ('Queen of Soul'). Moved to Detroit in
1946 and became Reverend of New Bethel Baptist
Church (which he founded) and a leader in the
Civil Rights movement of 1950s and 1960s. He was
shot in an exchange of gunfire with burglars at
his home in 1979, was comatose for five years,
and died in 1984. -- Dennis Franz
(actor)
born in Maywood, Illinois, graduated Proviso
East High School, appeared in numerous films and
television series, such as NYPD Blue and Hill
Street Blues
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