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Dixmoor (formerly Specialville) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a south suburb of Chicago.The population was 2,973 at the 2020 census. [3] Dixmoor is adjacent to Harvey to the south and east, Posen to the west, and Blue Island and Riverdale to the north.
The 1964 Dixmoor race riot, also known as the Gin Bottle Riot, [1] occurred between August 15 and 17 in Dixmoor, Illinois.After a woman accused of shoplifting a bottle of gin was wrestled to the ground by the owner of the liquor store and arrested, black residents took to the streets in anger.
The Dixmoor 5 are five African-American men who, as teenagers in Dixmoor, Illinois, were falsely convicted of the November 1991 rape and murder of 14-year-old Cateresa Matthews. At the time of arrest, the defendants, Robert Taylor, Jonathan Barr, James Harden, Robert Lee Veal and Shainne Sharp were all between the ages of 14 and 16.
West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147 is an elementary school district based in the southern suburban Chicago city of Harvey, Cook County, Illinois.The district is composed of four schools: three are elementary schools and one is a middle school, where all schools are located in the adjacent village of Dixmoor with the exception of one elementary school located in Harvey. [2]
West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147; West Northfield School District 31; Westchester School District 92-5; Western Springs School District 101; Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21; Willow Springs School District 108; Wilmette School District 39; Winnetka School District 36; Worth School District 127
Harvey is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States.The population was 20,324 at the 2020 census. [3]Harvey is bordered by the villages of Dixmoor and Riverdale to the north; Dolton, Phoenix, and South Holland to the east; East Hazel Crest to the south; and Hazel Crest, Markham and Posen to the west.
Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California. More than 40 percent of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. As of 2020, the population was 5,275,541.
Harris grew up in Dixmoor, Illinois. [3] He attended Lincoln Elementary School, Rosa L. Parks Middle School, and Thornton Township High School. He was a tri-star athlete and honor student. His father died his junior year of high school. Harris was an honors student at Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Illinois and lettered in football ...