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Encyclopedia of Chicago

Title:: Encyclopedia of Chicago
Contributor to Resource:: Newberry Library
Northwestern University
Chicago History Museum
Date of Original:: 1833/9999
Subject:: African Americans--Civil rights--Illinois--Chicago
Civil rights movements--Illinois--Chicago
Segregation--Illinois--Chicago
African American civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago
Civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago
Location:: United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, Illinois, DuPage County, 41.85195, -88.08567
United States, Illinois, Kane County, 41.93894, -88.42866
United States, Illinois, Lake County, 42.34941, -87.86179
United States, Illinois, McHenry County, 42.32439, -88.45245
United States, Illinois, Will County, 41.44503, -87.97866
United States, Indiana, Lake County, 41.47221, -87.37637
United States, Indiana, Porter County, 41.50884, -87.07332
Medium:: encyclopedias
articles
photographs
pamphlets
Type:: Text
Description:: Web site with articles about the Civil Rights movement and biographies of social reformers in the Chicago, Illinois Metropolitan Area. Articles include an introduction to the movement in Chicago, histories of local and national Civil Rights organizations, and biographies of local and national leaders, discussing specifically work done in the city and state. The site also includes a short video clip from a 1964 visit by Martin Luther King, Jr. to Chicago as well as other supporting historical documents such as related pamphlets and photographs.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
Metadata URL:: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/
Rights Holder:: The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ?2005 Chicago Historical Society.
The Encyclopedia of Chicago ?2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights Reserved. Portions are copyrighted by other institutions and individuals.
Contributing Institution:: Encyclopedia of Chicago
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