Providence St. Mel School

CTL-E-0164 · School · high-school · 1970s–contemporary

Verified evidence grade of this record

Independent college-preparatory school on Chicago's West Side

The record

Also known as: PSM

Sources

School's published history (primary source)

Record CTL-E-0164 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: BCI-001.
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Freedmen’s primary school, Vicksburg, 1866 (Harper’s Weekly engraving)Photo: A. R. W., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Ida B. Wells-Barnett House, ChicagoPhoto: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Entrance of the Eighth Regiment Armory, Bronzeville, ChicagoPhoto: Steven Kevil, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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