Chicago Urban League

CTL-E-0287 · Organization · civil-rights · 1916–present

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Civil-rights and social-service organization founded in 1916 to assist Black migrants during the Great Migration.

Relationships

Grand Boulevard — located in
The Chicago Urban League's headquarters at 4510 S. Michigan Avenue sits in the Grand Boulevard community area.

Sources

Chicago Community Trust — Black History Month Spotlight: Chicago Urban League
Wikipedia — Chicago Urban League

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Jacking up a car on the repair tracks at an Illinois Central Railroad yard, Chicago, Chicago, 1942Photo: Jack Delano, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Children at the table in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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