A Raisin in the Sun: Chicago in the 1950's/1960's

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White-on-Black Crime in the 1950's
Employment Opportunities for African-Americans in Chicago
Abortion in the Black Community in the 1950's
Emmett Till in Chicago in the 1950's
Taxis and Public Transit in Chicago in the 1950's
Voting Rights
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Here are some of the resources we've used.

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/253.html

 

http://www.roosevelt.edu/chicagohistory/...

http://www.southsideirishparade.org/...

http://www.evanston.lib.il.us/library/bi...

http://www.bluesu.com/tours&events/blues...

http://www.chipublib.org/001hwlc/sshchic...

http://www.gaylords712.com/historya1.htm...

http://www.uwec.edu/geography/ivogeler/w...

http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/book/bookoth...

http://www.iit.edu/~bronzeville-stories/...

http://faculty.ccc.edu/mcleary/mcleary/s... (this one is really great for information about Chicago in the 1950’s, especially housing.)

 

Chicago History   Museum

http://www.chicagohistory.org/static_media/pdf/historyfair/high_story_public_housing.pdf

 

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/253.html

 

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/27.html

http://www.chicagoist.com/archives/2006/02/22/the_interview_we_got_our_learn_on_about_polka.php

ASUMH--Composition II, Spring 2007