UNIA Division 23 (Chicago)

CTL-E-0496 · Organization · other · 1920–1930s

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UNIA Division 23 was founded in Chicago in 1920, established its Liberty Hall at 4859 South State Street, and claimed more than 20,000 members, making it the second-largest UNIA division in the world after Harlem. By 1930 the UNIA had established nine divisions in the Chicago area, including three in the city itself.

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Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-207; source research type(s): Civic/fraternal organization chapter. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

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https://crossculturalsolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Garveyism-the-Midwest.pdf

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