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Walker, Juliet E.K. (1996). "The Promised Land: The Chicago Defender and the Black Press in Illinois, 1862-1970". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the Middle West, 1865-1985. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313255793.
John Wesley Stewart (June 1, 1822 – September 7, 1899) was an American lawyer, banker, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Green County during the 1860 and 1861 sessions.
John William Keogh (November 10, 1862 – August 24, 1947) was an American realty owner, redistricting advocate, and frequent pro se litigant in the Chicago area. He gained attention for the numerous legal cases he was involved in during the 1930s, in which he prominently raised the issue of Illinois having malapportioned legislative and congressional maps.
An 1870 advertisement for Chicago Tribune subscriptions The lead editorial in the Chicago Tribune following the Great Chicago Fire. The Tribune was founded by James Kelly, John E. Wheeler, and Joseph K. C. Forrest, publishing the first edition on June 10, 1847. Numerous changes in ownership and editorship took place over the next eight years.
John Webster Thomas (February 13, 1900 – August 19, 1977) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a fullback at the University of Chicago from 1921 to 1923 under Amos Alonzo Stagg.
The feature was introduced on March 8, 2018, for International Women's Day, when the Times published fifteen obituaries of such "overlooked" women, and has since become a weekly feature in the paper. The project was created by Amisha Padnani, the digital editor of the obituaries desk, [1] and Jessica Bennett, the paper's gender editor. In its ...
The atlas was published in 1987. Margaret Ramirez of the Chicago Tribune said that it was "hailed as the most comprehensive study of the region's Indian tribes". [2] Tanner also wrote books about the Caddo, the Ojibwe, and Spanish Florida in the early 18th century. [4] While in her 80s, Tanner was a part of the major case Minnesota v.
Alice Lois Lindsay Wynekoop (February 1, 1871 – July 4, 1955) of Chicago, Illinois, was a well respected physician, professor, feminist, civic leader and educator in child hygiene, as well as the convicted murderer of her 22-year-old daughter-in-law, Rheta Gretchen Gardener Wynekoop. There were two trials, the first ruled a mistrial because ...