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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 ...
The DuSable Black History Museum was chartered on February 16, 1961. [2] Its origins as the Ebony Museum of Negro History and Art began in the work of Margaret and Charles Burroughs, Bernard Goss, and others to correct the perceived omission of black history and culture in the education establishment.
The area rapidly changed from European American to African-American in the 1920s. By 1930, the population was only 7.8% white. By 1960, the population was 0.5% white. [11] From 1950 to 2000 the total population of the neighborhood declined from 57,000 to 14,146. [4]
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It became the first unit of the NPS in Chicago. [18] In 2015, the National Parks Conservation Association and the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects published a report on development for the park. [19] In 2017, the National Park Service approved a plan to restore the clock tower building and turn it into a visitor center.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released a 20-second video showing the inside of the city's "gift room" in an attempt at transparency. He was accused of improperly accepting gifts.
Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum: St. Petersburg: Florida: 2006 [57] DuSable Museum of African American History: Chicago: Illinois: 1960 [20] Eddie Mae Herron Center and Museum: Pocahontas: Arkansas: 2001 [58] Ely Educational Museum: Pompano Beach: Florida: 2000 [59] Evansville African American Museum Evansville: Indiana ...
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