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   Robbins, IL. Cook County, 17 miles south of the Loop. Robbins is the oldest majority-black suburb in the Chicago area and one of the oldest incorporated black municipalities in the United States. Robbins is also characteristic of semirural black suburbs that developed in the United States during the Great Migration .

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   Robbins, Illinois. Location of Robbins in Cook County, Illinois. /  41.64306°N 87.70806°W  / 41.64306; -87.70806. Robbins is a village southwest of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,629 at the 2020 census. [2] Darren E. Bryant is the current mayor of Robbins.

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   • State: Illinois

   • Incorporated: 1917
   • County: Cook

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   Where is Robbins Illinois?

   • Cook County, 17 miles south of the Loop. Robbins is the oldest majority-black suburb in the Chicago area and one of the oldest incorporated black municipalities in the United States. Robbins is also characteristic of semirural black suburbs that developed in the United States during the Great Migration .

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   What is Robbins IL known for?

   • It is the second oldest African-American incorporated town in the north following Brooklyn, Illinois and was home to the country’s first black-owned airport. Robbins was incorporated on December 14, 1917 and named for Eugene S. Robbins, a real estate developer who laid out the village's early subdivisions.

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   What is the history of the Robbins area?

   • Located in the bottomlands southwest of Blue Island , the area was largely farmland until 1910, when white real-estate agents Henry and Eugene Robbins opened the first of several subdivisions, which they marketed to African Americans .

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   Who settled in Robbins?

   • The people who settled in Robbins were predominantly working-class African Americans who were willing to sacrifice urban services for land and a home of their own. Most were southerners who had preferences for homeownership, open space, tightly knit community life, and country atmosphere.

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   Robbins, Illinois, is a village and a south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Robbins is one of the oldest incorporated Black communities in the United States and the oldest Black suburb in the Chicagoland area. Robbins was named for Eugene S. Robbins, a real estate developer who laid out the village's early subdivisions.

5. kelwinsbigideas.com › 2019/01/15 › robbins-illinoisRobbins, Illinois – A Story of Environmental Injustice and ...

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   Jan 15, 2019 · Robbins was started with the ethos of black self-determination rooted in the philosophies of black leaders like Booker T. Washington and Marcus Garvey who promoted self-reliance, black empowerment, collective work and responsibility at the turn of the last century. Robbins was founded by former slaves and descendants thereof during the period ...

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   Robbins, IL. Robbins was incorporated on December 14, 1917 and named for Eugene S. Robbins, a white real estate developer who laid out the village's early subdivisions. The village's founder and first mayor was Thomas J. Kellar, who noted in an early interview "Our people in Robbins are mostly people who get tired of the white fights and the ...

7. www.chicagotribune.com › 2018/01/24 › longtimeLongtime Robbins Mayor Irene Brodie remembered for public ...

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   Jan 24, 2018 · Haymore said visitation for Brodie will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Feb. 2 and from 10 to 11 a.m. Feb. 3, at Great Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 13617 Lawndale Ave., Robbins. A service will be held at ...

8. www.robbins-il.com › about-robbinsVillage of Robbins | Robbins, Illinois

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   About Robbins Illinois. The official website of the Village of Robbins. Search public records. Submit FOIA request. ... Address: 3327 W 137th St. Robbins, IL 60472 ...