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1. allthatsinteresting.com › racism-in-chicagoThe Ugly History Of Racism In Chicago That Persists To This Day

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   Oct 3, 2020 · From violent massacres during the Red Summer to decades of government-enforced segregation, discover the long history of racism in Chicago. Desperate to escape Jim Crow, more than 500,000 Black Southerners moved to Chicago between 1916 and 1970.

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3. www.npr.org › 2021/05/06 › 994173342How Systemic Racism Continues To Determine Black Health And ...

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   May 6, 2021 · There is a 30-year gap in the life expectancies of some Black and white Chicagoans. Journalist Linda Villarosa talks about the link between racism and health outcomes and tells her own family's...

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4. www.nature.org › en-us › about-usConfronting Environmental Racism in Southeast Chicago

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   Apr 21, 2021 · Confronting a Legacy of Environmental Racism on Chicago’s Southeast Side. April 21, 2021 | 8-minute read time. In 2020, residents, community groups and environmental organizations began fighting to keep known polluter General Iron from relocating from Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood to the Southeast Side.

5. www.pbs.org › independentlens › blogChicago Activism on Racial and Economic Justice - PBS

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   An outline of events that connect some key dots about Chicago, a historically politically complicated city, that are presented in two documentaries, The First Rainbow Coalition and Cooked ...

6. chicago.suntimes.com › city-hall › 2021/6/17Racism is public health crisis in Chicago, mayor declares

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   Jun 17, 2021 · On Thursday, the first African American female and first openly gay mayor of Chicago made an equally bold political statement. She declared systemic racism a public health crisis.

   • Author: Fran Spielman

7. www.nrdc.org › stories › environmental-justiceEnvironmental Justice in Chicago: It’s Been One Battle After ...

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   Oct 29, 2020 · In Chicago, Black and Latino residents are more likely to live close to industrial pollution and have chronic health conditions, such as asthma, according to the Chicago Department of Public...

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   What is the history of racism in Chicago?

   • From mob violence to segregation to hateful rallies, this is the long history of racism in Chicago. Artist Jacob Lawrence’s painting, titled, “During the World War there was a great migration North by Southern Negroes.” 1941. Over 6 million Black Americans left the South during the early and mid-20th century.

   The Ugly History Of Racism In Chicago That Persists To This Day

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   Is systemic racism a public health crisis?

   • And ladies and gentlemen, it is literally killing us.” Chicago is not the first major city to declare systemic racism a public health crisis. That distinction belongs to Milwaukee County in Wisconsin, where the trail was blazed two years ago. Boston, Denver and Columbus, Ohio have followed suit.

   Racism is public health crisis in Chicago, mayor declares

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   How did Chicago affect black people during the Great Migration?

   • By 1940, formal and informal policies had pushed Chicago’s Black residents into segregated neighborhoods. In the early years of the Great Migration, white Chicagoans violently attacked Black homes — especially homes that were anywhere close to theirs.

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   Why did Illinois create a bi-racial 'Chicago Commission on race relations'?

   • A hundred years later, it remains the worst outbreak of racially motivated violence in Chicago’s history — and one of the deadliest nationally. The aftermath of the attacks and riots, and subsequent outcry led the Illinois governor to create a bi-racial “Chicago Commission on Race Relations” to find solutions to racial tension.

   Chicago Activism on Racial and Economic Justice - PBS

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9. irrpp.uic.edu › state-of-racial-justiceState of Racial Justice - University of Illinois Chicago

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   State of Racial Justice in Chicago reports attempt to step beyond the competing public narratives about Chicago to assess—in evidence-based, concrete terms—what the challenges and opportunities are for its residents today. Events, presentations, and reports produced in conjunction with this project provide accessible data and analysis on ...