Black Design in Chicago: An Exhibit and Symposium
If Harlem was the capital of Black fine arts in the United States in the twentieth century, Chicago was the
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Chicago
Nature and the Great Migration in Chicago
Towering skyscrapers dotting the Lake Michigan coastline, “snowy winds,” “blistering suns,” and roaring streets described what Richard Wright aptly called
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‘The Criminalization of Black Children’: A New Book on Chicago’s Juvenile System
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Black Public History in Chicago
As part of the research for his book Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism From World War II
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The Great Migration and Black Environmental History: An Interview with Brian McCammack
In today’s post, J.T. Roane, Associate Editor at Black Perspectives and an Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the
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