This is the grave of Jane Byrne. Born in 1933 in Chicago, Jane Burke grew up rich. Her father was the VP of a steel company. They were a Catholic family and they wanted their daughter to go to college. She originally went to St....
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On June 16, 1958, the Chicago Crossing Guards Association rejected an offer from AFSCME to join the union because these women did not believe the union would fight effectively for.
This is the grave of Carter Harrison, IV. Born in 1860 in Chicago, Harrison grew up in the Chicago political class. His father was after all Carter Harrison III, the.
This is the grave of Carter Harrison. Born in 1825 in Fayette County, Kentucky, outside of Lexington, Harrison grew up in the Old South elite. In fact, his family went way back to the founding families of Virginia. Although his father died when his son...
This is the grave of Catherine O'Leary. Born in 1827 in Ireland, Catherine Donegan married Patrick O'Leary, had three children, and moved to Chicago. There's only one thing to know.
Interesting project here on Chicago activists creating a historical memory project for the Black Panthers work in that city, which most notably included Fred Hampton, assassinated by J. Edgar Hoover's.
On September 22, 1910, Chicago garment workers walked off the job. This strike not only was one of the key garment worker strikes of the era, but also started the long and respected labor career of Sidney Hillman, later one of the most important labor...
Harold Washington press conference during his campaign for mayor, Chicago, December 13, 1982
Scene between the National Guard and Black men, Chicago Race Riot, 1919
Whites in Chicago protesting against the Martin Luther King led campaign to desegregate housing, 1966.
The vast majority of American historical monuments were constructed between about 1880 and 1930 or so. This means that most of them in some way reflect white supremacy, truly a.
I recently watched the 1984 PBS production The Killing Floor, about the Great Migration and Black labor in Chicago meatpacking during World War I and leading up to the World.