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As of 2013, the Chicago area has the largest Palestinian American population in the U.S., and that Chicago-area Palestinian-origin people made up 25% of all Palestinian-originating persons in the U.S. [59] In 1995 there were 85,000 persons of Palestinian origin in the Chicago area, making up about 60% of the Arab Americans there; at that time ...
Before the 1930s, the Democratic Party in Chicago was divided along ethnic lines - the Irish, Polish, Italian, and other groups each controlled politics in their neighborhoods. Under the leadership of Anton Cermak, the party consolidated its ethnic bases into one large organization
Chicago, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1990 [7] Pop 2000 [8] Pop 2010 [9] Pop 2020 [10 ...
Fort Dearborn depicted as in 1831, sketched 1850s although the accuracy of the sketch was debated soon after it appeared.. The first settler in Chicago was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a Frenchman of European and African descent, [11] who built a farm at the mouth of the Chicago River in 1788 to 1790 [a].
Additionally, it includes 442 maps, more than 400 vintage photographs, [25] over 250 sketches of "historically significant business enterprises", [6] a dictionary of Chicago-area businesses, a biographical dictionary and a 21-page timeline that traces the history of Chicago from 1630 to 2000. [3] [10]
July 10, Chicago's first legally executed criminal, John Stone was hanged for rape and murder. Population: 4,470. [4] 1843: Chicago's first cemetery, Chicago City Cemetery, was established in Lincoln Park. [5] 1844: Lake Park designated. [6] 1847: June 10, The first issue of the Chicago Tribune is published. 1848
Ethnic groups in Chicago (8 C, 23 P) ... History of Chicago; Timeline of Chicago history; Bibliography of Chicago history; 0–9. 370th Infantry Regiment (United ...
African-American history in Chicago (1 C, 85 P, 1 F) ... Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Chicago" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.