Plumber's Hall

CTL-E-2440 · Venue · other · 1993

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Union hall at the corner of Racine and Washington avenues on Chicago's West Side; Nelson Mandela gave his July 7, 1993 Chicago speech here.

The record

Also known as: Plumbers Hall (Racine and Washington)

Notes

RELP58 new supporting entity (2026-10-06): venue target for CTL-E-0398 held_at.

Referenced by

Mandela's 1993 Chicago Visit — held at → this record

Sources

FBI Chicago field memo — Visit of Nelson Mandela to Chicago, July 6-8, 1993 (speech at Plumber's Hall, Racine and Washington) (primary source)

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