Chicago 1919

Nov. 22 — Another wave of COVID-19 is raging across the U.S. The death count has now reached a quarter-million; ...

The long shadow of the Chicago race riot, Part 8 The sudden death of Harold Washington in 1987 was a ...

The long shadow of the Chicago race riot, Part 7 By 1970, people of color were already close to half ...

The long shadow of the Chicago race riot, Part 6 By 1960, Chicago's Black community reached 813,000 people, nearly a ...

Mayor Richard Daley stands at the microphone during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The long shadow of the ...

The long shadow of the Chicago race riot, Part 4 Despite the race riot and segregated housing, Chicago's Black population ...

The long shadow of the Chicago race riot, Part 3 Up to the 1920s, Chicago was the center of the ...

A fundamental change in the composition of the U.S. workforce was the Great Migration of African Americans from the South ...

First in a series A century ago, Chicago was convulsed by anti-Black riots. For days, African Americans were beaten and ...

The Struggle - La Lucha Series by Stephen Millies The following articles are included: • Bombings greet the Great Migration ...