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Chicago was the "Promised Land" to Black Southerners. 500,000 African Americans moved to Chicago. [14] The Black population in Chicago significantly increased in the early to mid-1900s, due to the Great Migration out of the South. While African Americans made up less than two percent of the city's population in 1910, by 1960 the city was nearly ...
The name of every person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June 1860, was in this family. 4: Description: Age. 5: Description: Sex. M or F 6: Description: Color, (White, black, or mulatto). W, B or M 7: Profession, Occupation, or Trade of each person, male and female, over 15 years of age. 8: Value of Estate Owned: Value of Real ...
The demographics of Chicago show that it is a very large, and ethnically and culturally diverse metropolis. It is the third largest city and metropolitan area in the United States by population. Chicago was home to over 2.7 million people in 2020, accounting for over 25% of the population in the Chicago metropolitan area, home to approximately ...
Harold Washington (#51) was the first African American mayor. Richard M. Daley (#54) was the longest-serving mayor (22 years). Lori Lightfoot (#56) was the first African American woman mayor of Chicago. Between 1833 and 1837, Chicago was incorporated as a town and headed by town presidents.
Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States in percentage of the population. The United States census enumerated Whites and Blacks since 1790, Asians and Native Americans since 1860 (though all Native Americans in the U.S. were not enumerated until 1890), "some other race" since 1950, and "two or more races" since 2000. [2]
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.
The Chicago Black Renaissance was influenced by two major social and economic conditions: the Great Migration and the Great Depression. The Great Migration brought tens of thousands of African Americans from the south to Chicago. Between 1910 and 1930 the African American population increased from 44,000 to 230,000. [8]
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 .