Chicago, Illinois

CTL-E-0344 · Address · site · unspecified

Verified evidence grade of this record

Anchor city of the track: recording center (Chess/Checker, Universal Recording Corp.), Black press center (Chicago Defender), home of Puerto Rican Chicago, and node for Black Atlantic scholarship via the University of Chicago and Northwestern.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-022; source research type(s): Place/place. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

Multiple (see entity-level claims)
S_arca; S_bigwheel; S_cbmr_umich

Record CTL-E-0344 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: GLOBAL-001.
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Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, 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

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