Black Elks (IBPOEW) — Chicago

CTL-E-1221 · Organization · other · 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

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Black Elks order (IBPOEW); its 1940s headquarters at The Forum made the hall a fraternal civic center. (Cross-referenced: researched in CTL-DR-BCI-001; this entry records the Track-A Forum-housing function only.)

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from INST-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-INST-001:INST-009; source research type(s): fraternal order.

Sources

CTL-DR-BCI-001 (cross-reference).
Wikipedia, 'The Forum (Chicago).' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forum_(Chicago)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forum_(Chicago) (citing NRHP nomination)

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