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They went from being a mostly rural population to one that was mostly urban. "The migration of African Americans from the rural south to the urban north became a mass movement." [16] The Great Migration radically transformed Chicago, both politically and culturally. [17] From 1910 to 1940, most African Americans who migrated north were from ...
Archibald Motley painting Blues (1929). The Chicago Black Renaissance (also known as the Black Chicago Renaissance) was a creative movement that blossomed out of the Chicago Black Belt on the city's South Side and spanned the 1930s and 1940s before a transformation in art and culture took place in the mid-1950s through the turn of the century.
The American Negro Exposition, also known as the Black World's Fair and the Diamond Jubilee Exposition, was a world's fair held in Chicago from July until September in 1940, to celebrate the 75th anniversary (also known as a diamond jubilee) of the end of slavery in the United States at the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865.
First and Second Great Migrations shown through changes in African American share of population in major U.S. cities, 1916–1930 and 1940–1970 In the context of the 20th-century history of the United States , the Second Great Migration was the migration of more than 5 million African Americans from the South to the Northeast , Midwest and West .
First African-American delegate to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Edith S. Sampson (See also: 1950) First African American to go over Niagara Falls: Nathan Boya a.k.a. William FitzGerald; First African American to join the PGA Tour: Charlie Sifford [230]
For the Parks family, living in their brand new house is a dream come true. "We have four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, a loft; I've always dreamed of having a kitchen island," said Jessica ...
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 .
CHICAGO (AP) — The closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black neighborhood it served, symbolizing a city indifferent to their interests.