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  2. History of African Americans in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    A political education: Black politics and education reform in Chicago since the 1960s (UNC Press Books, 2018). Tuttle Jr, William M. "Labor conflict and racial violence: The Black worker in Chicago, 1894–1919." Labor History 10.3 (1969): 408–432. Tuttle, William M. Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919 (1970). Weems Jr, Robert E.

  3. Chicago Public Schools boycott - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Public Schools boycott, also known as Freedom Day, was a mass boycott and demonstration against the segregationist policies of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on October 22, 1963. [1] More than 200,000 students stayed out of school, and tens of thousands of Chicagoans joined in a protest that culminated in a march to the office of ...

  4. Marquette Park rallies - Wikipedia

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    In 1960, some 53 of the neighborhood's 51,347 residents were non-white, and of those 53 residents, three were black. [1] Some African Americans had jobs that enabled them to improve their housing, but were limited by discrimination by real estate agents and banks in getting loans, and related approvals.

  5. Chicago Freedom Movement - Wikipedia

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    Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago 1940–1960. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9781283097598. McKersie, Robert B. (2013). A Decisive Decade: An Insider's View of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 9780809332458.

  6. University of Chicago sit-ins - Wikipedia

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    Front page of Chicago Maroon on January 17, 1962, with the headline "UC Admits Housing Segregation". According to Chicago Maroon managing editor Avima Ruder, a staffer at the student paper, found a copy of the university budget, and "we discovered that the University owned a lot of segregated apartment buildings...It was really bizarre because our student population at that point was largely ...

  7. Seven men arrested for ‘sit-ins’ at whites-only diners in ...

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    The seven men arrested at sit-ins in mid-March, 1960, had already spent the month peacefully protesting Jim Crow laws that allowed segregation in schools, businesses and other public places; bans ...

  8. African Americans in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    African Americans have significantly contributed to the history, culture, and development of Illinois since the early 18th century. The African American presence dates back to the French colonial era where the French brought black slaves to the U.S. state of Illinois early in its history, [3] and spans periods of slavery, migration, civil rights movement, and more.

  9. Chicago artist tackles urban segregation - AOL

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    This is a house at the same address on Chicago's North Side in a predominantly white neighborhood. ... Johnson says she wanted to explore the effects of urban segregation and dispel notions that ...