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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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4801 S, Forrestville, 1985 (Folder II-1812)
3 Text
Date:
1985
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Chicago Urban League records
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4801-4803 S, Indiana, 1985 (Folder II-1811)
65 Text
Date:
1985
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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5240 S, King Drive, 1985 (Folder II-1797)
17 Text
Date:
1985
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Chicago Urban League records
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59th Year Pamphlet, 1975 (Folder IV-723)
20 Text
Date:
1975
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Chicago Urban League records
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60th Anniversary Pamphlet, 1976 (Folder IV-727)
20 Text
Date:
1977
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Chicago Urban League records
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641 E, 50th Place, 1985 (Folder II-1800)
28 Text
Date:
1985
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Chicago Urban League records
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641 E, 50th Street, 1985 (Folder II-1801)
42 Text
Date:
1985
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Chicago Urban League records
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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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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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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 of Survival, 1972 (Folder III-1895)
49 Text
Date:
11-13 Jan 1972
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Activity Reports, 1977 (Folder I-3179)
32 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:
29 Oct 1974 - 16 Nov 1977
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Advisory Council, 1980 (Folder II-1736)
9 Text
Date:
1980
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Chicago Urban League records
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African-American Youth Society, 1980 (Folder II-2265)
137 Text
Date:
14 Feb 1974 - 12 Nov 1981
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Chicago Urban League records
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Agency Brochure, 1973 (Folder IV-717)
10 Text
Date:
9 Feb - 10 Apr 1973
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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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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Annual Reports, 1949 (Folder II-2283)
16 Text
Date:
1 Jun - 15 Nov 1949
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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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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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
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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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Annual reports, 1991-1992 (Folder I-391)
22 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:
1991-1992
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Black Pulse, 1979 (Folder III-306)
88 Text
Date:
10 Sep - 22 Oct 1979
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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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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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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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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Block Clubs - Westside Clubs, 1950-1955 (Folder II-2304)
48 Text
Date:
Jan 1950 - Jan 1955
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Block Restoration - 3100 South Prairie, 1953 (Folder II-2329)
9 Text
Date:
27 Oct 1953 - 5 Nov 1970
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Board for Fundamental Education, 1967 (Folder IV-1089)
56 Text
Date:
c.1967
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1972-1977 (Folder I-386)
122 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:
18 Apr 1972 - 1980
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Board-up Proposal, 1984 (Folder II-1794)
12 Text
Date:
1984
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Budgets, 1950-1956 (Folder II-2183)
14 Text
Date:
1950-1956
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Building Babylon A Case of Racial Controls in Public Housing, 1971 (Folder III-515)
80 Text
Date:
1971
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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CHA "Chicago Today" Excerpts, 1953 (Folder III-336)
109 Text
Date:
30 Jun - 15 Dec 1953
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
CHA Annual Report, 1973 (Folder III-346)
175 Text
Date:
1973
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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CHA Annual reports, 1947-1953 (Folder III-335)
355 Text
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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CHA General, 1953 (Folder III-337)
20 Text
Date:
14 Jul 1948 - 12 Nov 1953
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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CHA Legal Boundaries, 1966 (Folder III-341)
96 Text
Date:
9 May 1956 - 11 Jul 1966
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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CHA Reports, 1973 (Folder III-345)
181 Text
Date:
Nov 1955 - 6 Aug 1973
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
CHA, 1976-1981 (Folder III-349)
174 Text
Date:
7 Dec 1966 - 20 Jan 1981
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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CUL Employee Newsletter "Just Between Us", 1980 (Folder IV-738)
7 Text
Date:
1980-07-01
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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CUL Employee Newsletter "Just Between Us", Vol. 5 No. 8, 1985 (Folder IV-745)
7 Text
Date:
11 Mar - Apr 1985
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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CUL Fact Sheet, 1988 (Folder IV-750)
2 Text
Date:
1988
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
CUL Newsletter, 1975 (Folder IV-724)
9 Text
Date:
1977
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
CUL Newsletter, 1977 (Folder IV-730)
9 Text
Date:
1977
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
CUL Publications, 1972 (Folder IV-716)
6 Text
Date:
25 Jan 1972 - Jul 1973
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
CUL Reports, 1968-1985 (Folder III-2488)
123 Text
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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CUL Social functions and meetings, 1951-1955 (Folder I-2683)
52 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:
7 Feb 1951 - 11 Feb 1955
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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CUL publications, 1945-1954 (Folder I-2738)
89 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:
1945-1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access

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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
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African American History
Social Services & Settlement Houses
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246 Chicago Urban League (CUL) 48 Compton, James W 44 National Urban League (NUL) 35 Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) 19 Berry, Edwin C 19 Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR) 16 Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination 13 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 13 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) 11 King, Martin Luther, Jr 9 Wright, Thomas H 7 Bridges, Horace J 7 Daley, Richard J 7 Sears, Amelia 6 Hall, George C 6 Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago 6 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) 5 Bowe, Augustine J 5 Illinois Committee for Fair Housing Law 5 Young, Whitney 4 Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunity 4 Chicago Housing Consortium (CHC) 4 Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago (LAFC) 4 Raby, Al 4 Washington, Harold L 3 Bousfield, M O 3 Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry 3 Chicago Freedom Movement 3 Dickerson, Earl B 3 Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Movement 3 Federal Housing Administration (FHA) 3 Jackson, Jesse 3 Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities 3 Pierce, Elbridge Bancroft 3 White Circle League of America Inc. 3 Wood, Elizabeth 2 American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) 2 Anti-Defamation League 2 Beuharnais, Joseph 2 Catholic Interracial Council of Chicago 2 Chicago Economic Development Corporation (CEDCO) 2 Chicago Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation (CMHDC) 2 Citizens Committee to Fight Slums 2 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) 2 Coordinating Council of Community Organizations 2 Detroit Urban League 2 Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Pointe 2 Illinois Bicentennial Commission 2 Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) 2 Illinois Commission on Human Relations 2 Johnson, George E 2 Johnson, Lyndon B 2 Kennelly, Martin H 2 Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing (LCBH) 2 National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing (NCDH) 2 National Conference of Christians and Jews 2 Ridley, Rachel R 2 Small Business Administration 2 St Clair Drake, John Gibbs 2 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) 2 Taylor, James E 2 United States Commission on Civil Rights 2 Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) 1 American Red Cross 1 Ashford, Laplois 1 Baltimore Urban League 1 Bell, Laird 1 Beverly Area Planning Association 1 Bickham, Martin Hayes 1 Bitker, Bruno V 1 Building Construction Employers' Association 1 Bureau of Social Science Research 1 CIO Political Action Committee 1 Canton Urban League 1 Chicago Bar Association 1 Chicago Commission on Race Relations (CCRR) 1 Chicago Commons Association 1 Chicago Council of Negro Organizations 1 Chicago Riot Study Committee 1 Chicago Urban League (CUL)) 1 Committee for Handgun Control, Inc. 1 Concerned Black Fathers of America 1 Contract Buyers League (CBL) 1 Embree, Edwin 1 France, Erwin 1 Franklin, John Hope 1 Grand Rapids Urban League 1 Home Builders Association of Chicagoland 1 Hubbard, Orville L 1 Illinois Inter-Racial Commission 1 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 1 Jewish Labor Committee (JLC) 1 Johnson, Reginald A 1 Jones, Nathaniel 1 Kennedy, John F 1 Kinckle Jones, Eugene 1 Land Clearance Commission 1 Latin United Community Housing Association (LUCHA) 1 Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 1 Los Angeles Urban League 1 Malcolm X 1 McFall, Trudy 1 Mid-South Chicago Council, Inc. 1 Molotch, Harvey 1 Mortgage Bankers Association 1 Muhammad, Elijah 1 Murray, Philip 1 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders 1 National Alliance of Businessmen 1 National Association of Home Builders of the United States 1 National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials (NAIRO) 1 National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) 1 National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) 1 New York City Commission on Human Rights 1 Nixon, Richard 1 Norton, Eleanor Holmes 1 Off the Street Club 1 Park, Robert E 1 People United to Save Humanity (PUSH) 1 Polikoff, Alexander 1 Presbytery of Chicago 1 Seattle Urban League 1 Smith, Kenneth B 1 South Deering Improvement Association 1 Stratton, William G 1 Taeuber, Karl 1 Taylor, Robert R 1 The Chicago Network 1 Tri-County (Peoria) Urban League 1 Tribbett, Charles A, III 1 United Neighborhoods Intertwined for Total Equality (UNITE) 1 Urban League for Bergen County 1 Urban League of Essex County 1 Urban League of Greater Muskegon 1 Urban League of Greater New York 1 Urban League of Morris County 1 Urban League of Philadelphia 1 Urban League of Pittsburgh 1 Urban League of Southern Connecticut 1 Urban League of Southwestern Fairfield County 1 West Englewood Community Organization 1 Women's Joint Committee on Adequate Housing 1 Zeidler, Frank P

278 Health, Welfare and Housing 186 employment 185 Organisations, Associations and Societies 175 finance 174 education 166 community organisations 123 discrimination 123 health 112 community development 96 racial tensions 90 schools 89 living conditions 88 Poverty and Discrimination 84 Employment and Labour 77 research 69 training 67 crime 63 business 62 police 62 youth 61 wages 60 membership 59 Education and Training 59 legislation 57 family 56 equality 52 segregation 52 social work 52 statistics 50 economy 50 poverty 48 demographics 43 government 43 public housing projects 41 civil rights 40 migration 39 industry 39 population 38 clubs 37 legal cases 36 rehabilitation 36 urban renewal 35 public welfare 35 tenant 34 labour 34 racial violence 34 unemployment 33 integration 32 housing segregation 32 leadership 31 ghetto 28 Civil Rights and Black Power 28 construction 28 interracial 28 rights 27 social change 26 politics 26 students 25 Business and Industry 25 Protest and Race Riots 24 Family and Daily Life 24 community protest 24 religion 23 riots 22 Legislation and Legal Cases 22 university 21 desegregation 21 violence 21 voter registration 20 charity 20 property 19 church 19 city politics 18 block clubs 18 transport 17 Government and Politics 17 hospitals 16 police brutality 15 benevolent societies 15 military 14 Police and Community Relations 14 real estate practices 14 tax 13 election 13 urban planning 12 housing crisis 12 recreation 12 theory 12 working conditions 11 land 10 media 9 black power 9 insurance 9 voting rights 9 womanhood 8 elderly 8 juvenile 7 arrests 7 donation 7 leisure 7 loan 7 public opinion 7 scholarship 7 urban decay 7 zoning 6 civil unrest 6 household 6 human rights 6 protest march 6 slavery 5 Crime and Delinquency 5 agriculture 5 contract 5 democracy 5 hospital 5 veteran 4 Judaism 4 grass roots community action 4 living standards 4 neo-Nazism 4 prejudice 4 sanitation 4 shootings 4 unionism 4 vandalism 4 white flight 3 Hills v. Gautreaux 3 anti-Semitism 3 assassination 3 blockbusting 3 civil liberties 3 judicial 3 meetings 3 prisoner 3 racial tension 3 recruitment 3 residential segregation 3 science 3 social security 3 speeches 3 teachers 2 Christmas 2 Ku Klux Klan 2 Neo-Nazism 2 alcohol 2 army 2 cars 2 city planning 2 community business groups 2 corruption 2 culture 2 drugs 2 elections 2 environment 2 farming 2 gangs 2 gentrification 2 immigration 2 law 2 music 2 public housing program 2 public housing project 2 punishment 2 reform 2 rural community 2 sport 2 television 2 white supremacy 1 Brown v. Board of Education 1 Business and Industry, Education and Training 1 Christianity 1 Church 1 Employment and labour 1 Great Migration 1 New Deal 1 Plessy v. Ferguson 1 World War II 1 arts 1 benevolent society 1 boycotting 1 busing 1 children 1 clothes 1 delinquency 1 food 1 freedom 1 imprisonment 1 inflation 1 library 1 literacy 1 lobbying 1 memorial 1 mixed-race marriage 1 nutrition 1 presidency 1 race relations 1 racial segregation 1 railways 1 revenue 1 student 1 tenants 1 vote registration 1 war 1 women's rights 1 youths