Chicago 1919

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

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

The people put Harold Washington in City Hall
The long shadow of the Chicago race riot, Part 7 By 1970, people of color were already close to half ...

Never forget Fred Hampton
The long shadow of the Chicago race riot, Part 6 By 1960, Chicago's Black community reached 813,000 people, nearly a ...

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

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

What did the unions do?
The long shadow of the Chicago race riot, Part 3 Up to the 1920s, Chicago was the center of the ...

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

The long shadow of the 1919 Chicago race riot
First in a series A century ago, Chicago was convulsed by anti-Black riots. For days, African Americans were beaten and ...

The long shadow of the 1919 Chicago race riot
The Struggle - La Lucha Series by Stephen Millies The following articles are included: • Bombings greet the Great Migration ...