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Chicago Urban League Records

Founded in 1910, the National Urban League is one of the oldest African American social service, research, and advocacy organizations in the United States. This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League.

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59th Year Pamphlet, 1975 (Folder IV-723)
20 Text
Date:
1975
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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60th Anniversary Pamphlet, 1976 (Folder IV-727)
20 Text
Date:
1977
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Abbotsford Area Council - correspondence, 1947-1951 (Folder I-2665)
58 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
3 Apr 1947 - 26 Apr 1951
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Abbotsford Area Council - correspondence, 1951-1952 (Folder I-2666)
64 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
5 Jun 1951 - 3 Oct 1952
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Abbottsford Area Council - correspondence, 1953-1954 (Folder I-2667)
45 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
5 Feb 1953 - 22 Jul 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Abbottsford Council reports, 1948-1954 (Folder I-2673)
75 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1 Jan 1948 - 31 Oct 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Abbottsford Council, 1950-1951 (Folder I-2726)
15 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
31 May 1950 - 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Action for Survival Committee, 1970 (Folder I-3031)
40 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
2 Jul - 9 Sep 1970
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Advisory Committee Meeting, 1973 (Folder II-941)
4 Text
Date:
1973
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
African-American Youth Society, 1980 (Folder II-2265)
137 Text
Date:
14 Feb 1974 - 12 Nov 1981
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Afro-American Patrolmen, Undated (Folder IV-1298)
7 Text
Date:
1971
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Afro-American Police League, 1968 (Folder I-2967)
40 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
12 Oct 1968 - 29 Nov 1971
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Afro-American Police League, 1975-1981 (Folder III-1942)
232 Text
Date:
2 Oct 1972 - 17 Dec 1981
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Afro-American patrolman's League, 1976 (Folder III-1945)
2 Text
Date:
11-12 Feb 1976
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Agency Brochure, 1973 (Folder IV-717)
10 Text
Date:
9 Feb - 10 Apr 1973
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Agendas and Minutes of Staff Meetings, 1948-1949 (Folder II-2280)
13 Text
Date:
22 Sep 1948 - 15 Nov 1949
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Alliance to End Repression, 1971 (Folder I-3045)
27 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
5 May - 9 Sep 1971
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
American Civil Liberties Union, 1970-1972 (Folder III-1876)
21 Text
Date:
29 Jun 1970 - 3 Apr 1972
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
American Youth Hostel's Open Road Program, 1971 (Folder I-3042)
5 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1971-03-11
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Annual Reports, 1949 (Folder II-2283)
16 Text
Date:
1 Jun - 15 Nov 1949
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Annual Reports, 1951-1954 (Folder II-2182)
28 Text
Date:
1951-1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Annual Reports, 1958-1968 (Folder I-33)
236 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1957-1969
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Annual reports, 1937-1949 (Folder I-31)
59 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1937-1949
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Annual reports, 1950-1954 (Folder I-32)
47 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1950-1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Annual reports, 1980-1999 (Folder I-35)
169 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1980-1999
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Anti-Defamation League, 1969 (Folder IV-1054)
44 Text
Date:
16 Jul - 10 Dec 1969
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Bicentennial Symposium, 1976 (Folder II-2078)
53 Text
Date:
1976
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Birmingham UL Newsletter, 1970 (Folder IV-704)
5 Text
Date:
1970-09-21
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Black All Male Workshop - Sydney Johnson and Charles E, Parnell, 1972 (Folder II-2254)
18 Text
Date:
17 Mar 1972 - 25 Jul 1973
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Black Leadership, 1979 (Folder I-3202)
83 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
12 Apr 1979 - 25 Jan 1980
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Black Panther Inquest, 1970 (Folder IV-1062)
16 Text
Date:
12 Apr 1969 - 18 Jun 1970
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Black Panthers Case, 1970 (Folder IV-1061)
58 Text
Date:
13 Mar - 29 May 1970
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Black Panthers, 1970 (Folder IV-1059)
10 Text
Date:
12-21 May 1970
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Black Panthers, 1970 (Folder IV-1060)
9 Text
Date:
26 Jun - 8 Sep 1970
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Black Power, 1967-1968 (Folder IV-1049)
14 Text
Date:
10 Jul 1966 - Jan 1967
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Club Reports - Abbottsford Council, 1950-1954 (Folder II-2297)
33 Text
Date:
26 May 1950 - 12 Nov 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Club Reports - Central Park on Westside, 1950-1954 (Folder II-2298)
29 Text
Date:
12 Jul 1950 - 25 Nov 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Club Reports - DuSable Council, 1950-1954 (Folder II-2299)
29 Text
Date:
2 May 1950 - 29 Nov 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Club Reports - Indiana Avenue, 1952-1953 (Folder II-2323)
10 Text
Date:
8 Dec 1952 - 2 Feb 1953
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Club Reports - Park Manor, 1950-1954 (Folder II-2301)
48 Text
Date:
2 May 1950 - 14 Nov 1955
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Club Reports - Parker Council, 1950-1954 (Folder II-2300)
27 Text
Date:
15 May 1950 - 29 Oct 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Club Reports - Princeton and Wentworth Avenues, 1952 (Folder II-2324)
18 Text
Date:
14 Oct - 15 Nov 1952
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Club Reports - Snowdenville Council, 1950-1954 (Folder II-2302)
29 Text
Date:
2 May 1950 - 29 Oct 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Club Reports - Snowdenville Council, 1950-1954 (Folder II-2303)
43 Text
Date:
Nov 1951 - Nov 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Clubs - Announcements of Special Events, 1950-1955 (Folder II-2311)
13 Text
Date:
9 Jul 1950 - 27 Apr 1955
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Clubs - Announcements of Special Events, 1951-1955 (Folder II-2310)
54 Text
Date:
26 Aug 1951 - 24 Apr 1955
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Clubs - General, 1949-1954 (Folder II-2292)
30 Text
Date:
22 Jul 1949 - 23 May 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Clubs - Monthly Reports of Club's Membership, 1948-1949 (Folder II-2278)
35 Text
Date:
30 Jun 1948 - 25 Mar 1949
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Clubs - Reports of Activities, 1950 (Folder II-2295)
7 Text
Date:
1950
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Block Clubs - Westside Clubs, 1950-1955 (Folder II-2304)
48 Text
Date:
Jan 1950 - Jan 1955
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access

Collection Details

Repository
University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Theme:
African American History
Social Services & Settlement Houses
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266 Chicago Urban League (CUL) 41 National Urban League (NUL) 38 Compton, James W 19 Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR) 19 Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination 15 Berry, Edwin C 11 Wright, Thomas H 10 Bridges, Horace J 10 Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) 10 King, Martin Luther, Jr 9 Sears, Amelia 8 Hall, George C 8 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) 7 Afro-American Patrolmen’s League 7 Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago 6 Bowe, Augustine J 5 Black Panther Party 5 Bousfield, M O 5 Daley, Richard J 5 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 5 Taylor, James E 5 White Circle League of America Inc. 5 Young, Whitney 4 Building Construction Employers' Association 4 Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunity 4 Dickerson, Earl B 4 Pierce, Elbridge Bancroft 3 Beuharnais, Joseph 3 Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry 3 National Alliance of Businessmen 3 National Conference of Christians and Jews 3 Ridley, Rachel R 3 Robinson, Renault 3 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) 2 Anti-Defamation League 2 Cairo United Front 2 Chicago Economic Development Corporation (CEDCO) 2 Citizens Committee to Fight Slums 2 Committee for Handgun Control, Inc. 2 Embree, Edwin 2 France, Erwin 2 Franklin, John Hope 2 Jackson, Jesse 2 Johnson, George E 2 Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization 2 Malcolm X 2 Park, Robert E 2 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) 2 Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) 1 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) 1 American Red Cross 1 Ashford, Laplois 1 Baltimore Urban League 1 Bell, Laird 1 Birmingham Urban League 1 Buckner, James 1 CIO Political Action Committee 1 Canton Urban League 1 Chicago Bar Association 1 Chicago Commission on Race Relations (CCRR) 1 Chicago Conference for Brotherhood, Inc. 1 Chicago Council of Negro Organizations 1 Chicago Crime Commission 1 Chicago Ethical Society 1 Chicago Freedom Movement 1 Chicago Urban League 1 Chicago Urban League (CUL 1 Church Federation of Greater Chicago 1 Citizens of Greater Chicago 1 Committee for Economic and Cultural Development 1 Concerned Black Fathers of America 1 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) 1 Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO) 1 Council Against Discrimination of Greater Chicago 1 Detroit Urban League 1 Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Movement 1 Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Pointe 1 Ford Foundation 1 Grand Rapids Urban League 1 Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission (GLCC) 1 Green, Hurley 1 Haydon, Eustace 1 Illinois Bicentennial Commission 1 Illinois Commission on Human Relations 1 Illinois Committee for Equal Job Opportunities 1 Illinois Federation of Consumers 1 Jackson, Jessie 1 Jewish Labor Committee (JLC) 1 Johnson, Reginald A 1 Jones, Nathaniel 1 Junior Women's Auxiliary 1 Kennedy, John F 1 Kinckle Jones, Eugene 1 Koen, Charles 1 Land Clearance Commission 1 Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities 1 League of Women Voters of Illinois 1 Lightfoot, Claude M 1 Los Angeles Urban League 1 Lutheran Human Relations Association 1 Maxon Yard, James 1 Medical Committee for Human Rights 1 Mid-South Chicago Council, Inc. 1 Mortgage Bankers Association 1 Muhammad, Elijah 1 Murray, Philip 1 National Advisory Commission on Health Manpower 1 National Association for the Advancement of White People 1 National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials (NAIRO) 1 National Black Police Association 1 National Citizens Protective Association 1 National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) 1 National Urban League 1 New York City Commission on Human Rights 1 Norton, Eleanor Holmes 1 Off the Street Club 1 People United to Save Humanity (PUSH) 1 Peterson, Virgil W 1 Proctor, Charles D 1 Raby, Al 1 Seattle Urban League 1 Sengali, Leonard 1 Smith, Kenneth B 1 Stratton, William G 1 Student Woodlawn Area Project (SWAP) 1 Taylor, Robert R 1 The Chicago Network 1 Tucker, Sterling 1 Urban League of Essex County 1 Urban League of Greater Cleveland 1 Urban League of Greater New York 1 Urban League of Lancaster County, Inc. 1 Urban League of Nebraska 1 Urban League of Philadelphia 1 Urban League of Pittsburgh 1 Urban League of Southern Connecticut 1 Urban League of St. Louis 1 Vivian, Cordy Tindell 1 Wilkins, Roger 1 Women's Joint Committee on Adequate Housing 1 Wood, Elizabeth 1 `

429 Organisations, Associations and Societies 234 community organisations 202 employment 185 education 185 housing 171 Health, Welfare and Housing 163 finance 126 membership 119 health 115 community development 113 schools 104 training 90 Employment and Labour 88 discrimination 79 crime 78 racial tensions 72 youth 70 business 65 Education and Training 62 police 57 living conditions 55 clubs 55 social work 54 research 50 Poverty and Discrimination 47 economy 47 industry 47 legislation 45 block clubs 43 wages 42 leadership 41 interracial 40 family 40 public welfare 39 labour 39 unemployment 38 equality 37 civil rights 34 poverty 32 government 31 construction 31 segregation 30 public housing projects 30 university 29 Civil Rights and Black Power 28 church 27 Business and Industry 27 religion 26 charity 26 statistics 26 students 25 politics 23 community protest 23 rights 23 violence 22 hospitals 21 migration 20 integration 20 racial violence 19 donation 19 election 19 voter registration 18 transport 17 desegregation 17 social change 16 housing segregation 15 city politics 15 military 15 police brutality 15 recruitment 14 ghetto 14 riots 14 urban renewal 13 Family and Daily Life 13 Protest and Race Riots 13 black power 13 juvenile 12 insurance 12 legal cases 12 tax 12 working conditions 11 Police and Community Relations 11 recreation 11 unionism 11 zoning 10 scholarship 9 Black Power and Civil Rights 9 rehabilitation 9 urban planning 8 Judaism 8 media 8 slavery 7 Christianity 7 benevolent societies 7 civil liberties 7 democracy 7 loan 7 meetings 7 property 6 demographics 6 voting rights 5 Christmas 5 agriculture 5 arts 5 elderly 5 food 5 hospital 5 real estate practices 5 tenant 5 urban decay 5 womanhood 4 Crime and Delinquency 4 contract 4 population 4 prejudice 4 protest march 4 reform 4 social security 4 television 4 theory 3 Arts and Culture 3 Business and Industry, Education and Training 3 Faith and Religion 3 Government and Politics 3 Ku Klux Klan 3 army 3 cars 3 culture 3 drugs 3 judicial 3 land 3 living standards 3 prisoner 3 racial tension 3 shootings 3 speeches 3 teachers 3 veteran 2 Legislation and Legal Cases 2 Neo-Nazism 2 clothes 2 communism 2 community business groups 2 gangs 2 literacy 2 manufacturing 2 music 2 neo-Nazism 2 public opinion 2 radio 2 residential segregation 2 sanitation 2 science 2 sit-in 2 white supremacy 2 women 2 women's rights 1 Black Power 1 Brown v. Board of Education 1 Church 1 Employment and labour 1 Health, Wealth and Housing 1 Supreme Court 1 alcohol 1 anti-Semitism 1 arrests 1 assassination 1 benevolent society 1 block club 1 boycotting 1 children 1 city planning 1 civil unrest 1 clubs, employment, rights, youth, charity, health, finance, wages, housing, migration, unionism, living conditions 1 conservation 1 elections 1 farming 1 freedom 1 grass roots community action 1 human rights 1 immigration 1 imprisonment 1 inflation 1 law 1 library 1 lynching 1 nutrition 1 petition 1 political rally 1 propaganda 1 public housing program 1 public housing project 1 racial segregation 1 railways 1 restaurants 1 riot 1 student 1 tenants 1 vote registration 1 wage 1 white flight