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Double cross Japanese Americans in Black and white Chicago / by Harden, Jacalyn D.

Subjects: “…Japanese Americans Illinois Chicago Social conditions.…”
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Chicanas of 18th Street narratives of a movement from Latino Chicago /

Subjects: “…Mexican American women Illinois Chicago Biography.…”
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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Southern Illinois, 1933-1942 / by Rippelmeyer, Kay, 1953-

Subjects: “…Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) Illinois History.…”
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Manhood, Citizenship, and the National Guard : Illinoi, 1870-1917 / by Hannah, Eleanor L.

Table of Contents: “…Illinois militia revival in the 1870s -- Manhood and citizenship on display -- Confused missions: the first twenty years of strike duty, 1870-90 -- New training practices, drill competitions, and the rise of sharpshooting -- Death, manhood, and service in the Spanish American war -- Lessons learned: the ING and strike duty, 1894-1916 -- The pursuit of state and federal support.…”
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Panic in the Loop Chicago's banking crisis of 1932 / by Vickers, Raymond B., 1949-

Subjects: “…Bank failures Illinois Chicago History 20th century.…”
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Chicago '68 by Farber, David R.

Subjects: “…Riots Illinois Chicago History 20th century.…”
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Schools betrayed roots of failure in inner-city education / by Neckerman, Kathryn M.

Subjects: “…Education, Urban Illinois Chicago History 20th century.…”
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Black power on campus the University of Illinois, 1965-75 / by Williamson, Joy Ann

Subjects: “…University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign History 20th century.…”
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Gender, Race, and Politics in the Midwest : Black Club Women in Illinois / by Hendricks, Wanda A.

Table of Contents: “…The movement to organize race women -- "Loyalty to women and justice to children": the Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Clubs -- Agents of social welfare -- Race riots, the NAACP, and female suffrage: the national movement -- "I am doing it for the future benefit of my whole race": agents of political inclusion -- The Politics of race: Chicago -- "To fill a reported industrial need": the great migration, race women, and the end of an era.…”
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Queer clout : Chicago and the rise of gay politics / by Stewart-Winter, Timothy, 1979-

Subjects: “…Gay rights Illinois Chicago History 20th century.…”
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Passionately human, no less divine : religion and culture in Black Chicago, 1915-1952 / by Best, Wallace D. (Wallace Denino)

Subjects: “…African Americans Religion Illinois Chicago.…”
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Spatializing blackness : architectures of confinement and Black masculinity in Chicago / by Shabazz, Rashad, 1976-

Subjects: “…African American men Illinois Chicago Social conditions 20th century.…”
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The Depression comes to the South Side protest and politics in the Black metropolis, 1930-1933 / by Reed, Christopher Robert

Subjects: “…African Americans Illinois Chicago Politics and government 20th century.…”
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Days on the family farm from the Golden Age through the Great Depression / by Meyer, Carrie A.

Subjects: “…Farm life Illinois Winnebago County History 20th century.…”
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A new deal for Bronzeville : housing, employment, & civil rights in black Chicago, 1935-1955 / by Kimble, Lionel, Jr., 1973-

Subjects: “…African Americans Illinois Chicago History 20th century.…”
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Black Chicago's first century by Reed, Christopher Robert

Subjects: “…African Americans Illinois Chicago History 19th century.…”
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Last project standing : civics and sympathy in post-welfare Chicago / by Fennell, Catherine, 1976-

Subjects: “…Public housing Illinois Chicago History 20th century.…”
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A decisive decade : an insider's view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s / by McKersie, Robert B.

Subjects: “…African American civil rights workers Illinois Chicago Biography.…”
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Racial democracy and the black metropolis housing policy in postwar Chicago / by Smith, Preston H.

Subjects: “…African Americans Housing Illinois Chicago History 20th century.…”
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In Lincoln's shadow the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois / by Senechal de la Roche, Roberta, 1950-

Subjects: “…Race riots Illinois Springfield History 20th century.…”
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