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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 ...
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]
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 ...
In 1926, Black historian Carter G. Woodson set out to designate a week in February for the celebration, education, and commemoration of African American history. A child born that year would be 98 ...
Whether you’re wanting to brush up on your Black history or are a full-on history buff looking for your next source of inspiration, you’re bound to discover something new. 1. Harriet Tubman ...
Print/export Download as PDF; ... African-American history in Chicago (1 C, 85 P, 1 F) B. ... History of Chicago; Timeline of Chicago history;
In 1922, Genevieve Forbes took Tribune readers on an armchair tour of Chicago’s demimonde. She regularly covered crime and high society, but it was a slow news day. So she wrote about black and ...