Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Spaulding, Norman W. History of Black oriented radio in Chicago, 1929-1963 (PhD disst. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981. Spear, Allan H. Black Chicago: The making of a Negro ghetto, 1890–1920 (University of Chicago Press, 1967, ISBN 978-0-2267-6857-1). widely cited scholqrship; Spinney, Robert G. City of big shoulders: A ...
The DuSable Black History Museum is the oldest, and — before the founding of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2016 — the largest caretaker of African-American culture in the United States. Over its long history, it has expanded as necessary to reflect the increased interest in black culture. [15]
There are situations where the censorship of certain sites was subsequently removed. For example, when Google Maps and Google Earth were launched, images of the White House and United States Capitol were blurred out; however, these sites are now uncensored. [3]
The Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District is a historic African-American district in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the Douglas community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The neighborhood encompasses the land between the Dan Ryan Expressway to the west, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the east, 31st Street to the north, and ...
In 1910, Chicago's Black population was at 40,000, most of these people being concentrated on the South Side in an area known as the Black Belt. By 1940, the Black population rose to 278,000, and more of these residents increasingly lived on the West Side. [ 33 ]
While Till's accused killers, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam, were acquitted by an all-white jury, the two later admitted to Till's murder.
When you see posters and graphics related to Black History Month, chances are you'll see them designed with the same four colors: red, black, green, and gold.
Ackerman's characterization of the Homan Square facility as a black site was met with resistance by some defense attorneys and legal researchers in Chicago. [ 11 ] [ 9 ] According to University of Chicago law professor Craig Futterman, the problems described in Ackerman's article were widespread throughout the city of Chicago, rather than being ...