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Chicago has a large Czech population [1] (colloquially known as "Czechcagoans"). As of 2000, Chicago had the largest Czech population among US metropolitan areas, and Illinois had the second-largest Czech-American population after Texas. [2] There are 72,058 residents of Czech heritage living in the greater Chicago area as of 2023. [3]
Pilsen was formally founded in 1878 making the neighborhood a factor in the political and economic change planned in Chicago. [2] In the late 19th century Pilsen was inhabited by Czech immigrants who named the district after Plzeň (German: Pilsen), the fourth largest city in today's Czech Republic.
The club was used as a place to share Czech culture, drama, music and literature. [1] It was visited by numerous well-known people of Bohemian descent, such as Anton Cermak, Rudolf Friml, George Halas and Otto Kerner Jr. [2] It also served as host to Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the founder and first President of Czechoslovakia. [3]
The Czech American community mobilized massively to help in the searches for the girl and support her family, and it gained much sympathy from the general American public. While most Czech-Americans are white, some are people of color or are Latino/Hispanic. A small group of Black Czech-Americans of Ethiopian descent lives in Baltimore. [14]
As of the 2010 census, [1] there were 2,695,598 people with 1,045,560 households residing within Chicago. More than half the population of the state of Illinois lives in the Chicago metropolitan area. Chicago is also one of the US's most densely populated major cities. The racial composition of the city was: 45.0% White (31.7% non-Hispanic whites);
In a television interview recorded on Saturday (June 26) and broadcast on Sunday (June 27) Zeman said undergoing a "sex-change operation" was like self-harm.Zeman, who has often espoused views ...
Burials at Bohemian National Cemetery (Chicago) (9 P) Pages in category "Czech-American culture in Chicago" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
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