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On a night focused on President Joe Biden passing the torch to Harris, some of Illinois’ top political stars also took center stage on Monday to kick off the four-day convention.
"As a Black man raising a Black girl on the West Side of Chicago, I know that my daughter will see not only a reflection of herself in the White House but our deepest American values," Johnson told a world audience.
The massive barrier looks formidable enough to keep its previous residents from ever pitching tents again on the blocks-long patch of shady land just north of Roosevelt between Desplaines Street and the Dan Ryan Expressway.
The featured speaker of the evening will be President Biden, of course, but plenty of people will precede him on stage, including Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.