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A report from the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) indicated that between 2012-2016, 5 of the top 10 municipalities nationwide (with at least 500 Black households) registering the highest Black homeownership rates were Chicago suburbs - including Olympia Fields (98%), South Holland (85%), Flossmoor (83%), Matteson (80%), and ...
After circa 1890 (when the factional division in the national Republican Party between the Half-Breeds and Stalwarts is generally understood to have ended), the pro-Black, racially inclusive faction of the Republican Party in the South became generally known as the black-and-tan faction, while the racially exclusive, White-centric faction ...
Pages in category "African-American history in Chicago" The following 85 pages are in this category, out of 85 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Of all households, 32.6% were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.50. Of the city population, 26.2% were under the age of 18, 11.2% were from 18 to 24, 33.4% were from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% 65 years of ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Lori Lightfoot made history as the first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve as The post She made history as Chicago mayor. Reelection may be harder appeared first on ...
In Virginia, the number of free Black people increased from 10,000 in 1790 to nearly 30,000 in 1810, but 95% of Black people were still enslaved. In Delaware, three-quarters of all Black people were free by 1810. [61] By 1860, just over 91% of Delaware's Black people were free, and 49.1% of those in Maryland. [62]
Meanwhile, Jasmine Harris, Black media director for President Joe Biden’s campaign, called Trump an “anti-Black tyrant” just hours before his speech, NBC News reports.
The experience made Lennix wish that there was a center in Chicago that could act as a hub for Black artists in the city. And eventually, he decided to make that vision a reality.