The history of Chicago can be told through its neighborhoods, and perhaps none is more telling than Douglas/Grand Boulevard on the city's south side. The future site of the neighborhood remained a sparsely settled prairie until the early 1850s, when Stephen A. Douglas purchased a large tract of land and began developing a residential subdivision for the wealthy. Douglas/Grand Boulevard: A Chicago Neighborhood explores the development of this distinctive community and the many obstacles its residents encountered. Originally a predominately white neighborhood, Douglas/Grand Boulevard became an African-American community during the Great Migration when thousands of Southern blacks moved north seeking greater opportunities. After the 1919 Race Riot, an increasing number of white residents moved away from the neighborhood, and the community became a national model of black achievement.

Douglas/Grand Boulevard: A Chicago Neighborhood (IL) (Images of America)

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Mahoney, Olivia

Chicago Historical Society

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Arcadia Publishing

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Grand Illusions: Chicago's World's Fair of 1893

GILBERT, JAMES

De Wit, Wim

Rydell, Robert W.

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Sewall Co

Add some mystery to your history! The Chicago Historical Society is having fun with the alphabet and some of our most fascinating artifacts. Can you guess what these objects are before you turn the page? Read about the history of the objects at the end of the book. Youre sure to discover facts about Chicago that you didnt know before.

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The Dearborns; a discourse commemorative of the eightieth anniversary of the occupation of Fort Dear

Goodwin, Daniel

History

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Douglas/Grand Boulevard: A Chicago Neighborhood

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