- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- CHICAGO MUSLIM ORAL HISTORY PROJECT : Amiwala, Bushra
- Creator:
- Amiwala, Bushra
Alter, Peter - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2018-03-18
- Subject:
- Chicago Public Schools
DePaul University
Political science
Cook County (Ill.). Board of County Commissioners - Location:
- United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Rogers Park, 42.00864, -87.66672
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Skokie, 42.03336, -87.73339 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The daughter of Pakistani immigrants Bushra Amiwala (b.1997) grew up in Chicago and Skokie, Illinois. In order to challenge her biases and gain political experience, Amiwala became a field operative for then-U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL.) while a student at DePaul University. Members of the Kirk campaign later convinced her to run for the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Since then, she was recognized for activism by various magazines including Glamour, Teen Vogue, and Seventeen.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/347
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:347/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- © 2019 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org. - Original Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
AMERICAN MEDINA:STORIES OF MUSLIM CHICAGO ORAL HISTORY PROJECT - Contributing Institution:
- Chicago History Museum
- Rights:
-
