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Subject--Name
614
Chicago Urban League (CUL)
258
Chicago Urban League
139
Compton, James W
76
National Urban League (NUL)
48
Berry, Edwin C
35
Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR)
35
Chicago Housing Authority (CHA)
34
Berry, Edwin C., 1910-1987
32
Daley, Richard J
29
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
26
Compton, James, 1938-
25
King, Martin Luther, Jr
23
Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination
22
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
20
Afro-American Patrolmen’s League
14
Young, Whitney
13
Jackson, Jesse
13
Taylor, James E
12
Chicago Economic Development Corporation (CEDCO)
11
Building Construction Employers' Association
11
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
10
Black Panther Party
10
Bridges, Horace J
10
Washington, Harold L
10
Wright, Thomas H
9
Sears, Amelia
9
Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago
8
Chicago Bar Association
8
Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunity
8
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
8
Hall, George C
8
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
7
Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
7
Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago (LAFC)
7
Raby, Al
7
Young, Whitney M.
6
Anti-Defamation League
6
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
6
Chicago Housing Consortium (CHC)
6
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Movement
6
Metcalfe, Ralph H
6
Robinson, Renault
6
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
5
Bousfield, M O
5
Bowe, Augustine J
5
Catholic Interracial Council of Chicago
5
Illinois Committee for Fair Housing Law
5
United States Commission on Civil Rights
5
White Circle League of America Inc.
4
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
4
Beuharnais, Joseph
4
Chicago Crime Commission
4
Dickerson, Earl B
4
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
4
Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities
4
Malcolm X
4
National Alliance of Businessmen
4
National Conference of Christians and Jews
4
Nixon, Richard
4
People United to Save Humanity (PUSH)
4
Pierce, Elbridge Bancroft
4
St Clair Drake, John Gibbs
4
Wyatt, Addie L., 1924-2012
3
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
3
American Jewish Congress
3
Brazier, Arthur M.
3
Chicago Freedom Movement
3
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (CLC)
3
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
3
Illinois Commission on Human Relations
3
Illinois Committee for Equal Job Opportunities
3
Jarrett, Vernon, 1921-2004
3
Johnson, Lyndon B
3
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
3
League of Women Voters of Chicago
3
League of Women Voters of Illinois
3
Ridley, Rachel R
3
The American Jewish Committee
3
Veeck, Bill
3
Wood, Elizabeth
2
American Hospital Association
2
Ashford, Laplois
2
Cairo United Front
2
Chicago Guidance and Personnel Association
2
Chicago Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation (CMHDC)
2
Chicago Urban League (CUL
2
Chicago Urban League (CUL))
2
Committee for Economic and Cultural Development
2
Committee for Handgun Control, Inc.
2
Concerned Black Fathers of America
2
Detroit Urban League
2
Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Pointe
2
Epps, Edgar G., 1929-
2
France, Erwin
2
Franklin, John Hope
2
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
2
Illinois Bicentennial Commission
2
Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC)
2
International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO)
2
Johnson, George E
2
Jones, Nathaniel
2
Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion), 1935-
2
Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975
2
Kennedy, John F
2
Kennelly, Martin H
2
Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization
2
Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing (LCBH)
2
Lightfoot, Claude M
2
Los Angeles Urban League
2
Medical Committee for Human Rights
2
Metcalfe, Ralph H.
2
Muhammad, Elijah
2
National Association of Social Workers
2
National Black Police Association
2
National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing (NCDH)
2
National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
2
Operating Engineers Craft Committee
2
Park, Robert E
2
Peterson, Virgil W
2
Small Business Administration
2
Student Woodlawn Area Project (SWAP)
2
Taeuber, Karl
2
West Englewood Community Organization
2
Wilkins, Roy
2
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
2
Young, Andrew
1
AFL-CIO
1
Abernathy, Ralph
1
Allen, Louis
1
Altgeld Gardens (Chicago, Ill.)
1
American Cancer Society
1
American Council on Race Relations
1
American Red Cross
1
Baltimore Urban League
1
Banks, Ernie, 1931-2015
1
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
1
Barnett, Etta Moten, 1901-2004
1
Bell, Laird
1
Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008
1
Beverly Area Planning Association
1
Bickham, Martin Hayes
1
Birmingham Urban League
1
Bitker, Bruno V
1
Bloch, Leon
1
Boy Scouts of America
1
Brock, Lou, 1939-
1
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP)
1
Bureau of Jewish Employment Problems
1
Bureau of Social Science Research
1
Burrell, Curtis
1
Byrne, Jane M
1
Calloway, Nathaniel O
1
Canton Urban League
1
Carmichael, Stokely
1
Carroll, Diahann
1
Chaney, James
1
Chicago Alliance of Business Manpower Services (CABMS)
1
Chicago Area Association for Affirmative Action and Compliance
1
Chicago Commission on Human Relations
1
Chicago Commission on Race Relations (CCRR)
1
Chicago Commons Association
1
Chicago Conference for Brotherhood, Inc.
1
Chicago Council of Negro Organizations
1
Chicago Ethical Society
1
Chicago Planning Commission (CPC)
1
Chicago Riot Study Committee
1
Chicago Sun-Times
1
Chisholm, Shirley
1
Church Federation of Greater Chicago
1
Citizens Committee to Fight Slums
1
Citizens of Greater Chicago
1
Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005
1
Cokely, Steve
1
Community Fund of Chicago
1
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
1
Contract Buyers League (CBL)
1
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO)
1
Coulter, Thomas H
1
Council Against Discrimination of Greater Chicago
1
Council for Community Services in Metropolitan Chicago
1
Dahmer, Vernon
1
Dallas County Voters League
1
Daylie, Daddio
1
Despres, Leon Mathis, 1908-2009
1
Dickerson, Earl B., 1891-1986
1
Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976
1
Edgar, Jim
1
Egan, Edward M., 1932-2015
1
Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975
1
Embree, Edwin
1
Evans, Joseph H. B. (Joseph Henry B.), 1915-
1
Evers, Medgar
1
Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC)
1
Falls, Arthur G
1
Farrakhan, Louis
1
Florence, Franklin
1
Ford Foundation
1
Forman, James, 1928-2005
1
Fort Wayne Urban League
1
Freedom, Independence, God, Honor, Today (FIGHT)
1
Gordon, Robert Philip
1
Gorkom, J W Van
1
Grand Rapids Urban League
1
Greater Chicago Negro Labor Council
1
Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission (GLCC)
1
Green, Hurley
1
Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969
1
Haydon, Eustace
1
Hill, Herbert
1
Home Builders Association of Chicagoland
1
Hooks, Benjamin
1
House Staff Association
1
Hubbard, Orville L
1
Illinois Employment Association (IEA)
1
Illinois Federation of Consumers
1
Illinois Hospital Association
1
Illinois Inter-Racial Commission
1
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
1
Illinois Welfare Association
1
Illinois Youth Commission
1
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
1
Jackson, Jessie
1
Jackson, Jimmie Lee
1
Jarrett, Vernon
1
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
1
Jewish Labor Committee (JLC)
1
Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.)
1
Johnson, Reginald A
1
Jordan, Vernon
1
Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.
1
Junior Women's Auxiliary
1
Katona, George
1
Kerner Commission
1
Killens, John Oliver
1
Kim Sisters (Musical group)
1
King, Coretta Scott
1
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
1
Kitt, Eartha
1
Knoxville Area Urban League
1
Koen, Charles
1
LaFayette, Bernard, Jr.
1
Land Clearance Commission
1
Lane, Frayser T. (Frayser Titus), b. 1892
1
Lane, Richard, 1928-
1
Latin United Community Housing Association (LUCHA)
1
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)
1
Lee, George W
1
Lee, Herbert
1
Leffall, LaSalle D, Jr
1
Lowery, Joseph
1
Lutheran Human Relations Association
1
Marion Urban League
1
Maxon Yard, James
1
Mboya, Tom
1
McCormick, Brooks, 1917-2006
1
McFall, Trudy
1
McGurk, Frank C J
1
McKissick, Floyd
1
McLean, Franklin C
1
McNair, Barbara
1
Mid-South Chicago Council, Inc.
1
Milwaukee Urban League (MUL)
1
Molotch, Harvey
1
Morris, Calvin S. (Calvin Sylvester), 1941-
1
Mortgage Bankers Association
1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
1
National Association for the Advancement of White People
1
National Association of Home Builders of the United States
1
National Association of Real Estate Brokers
1
National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools
1
National Citizens Protective Association
1
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
1
National Conference on Social Welfare (NCSW)
1
National Conference on The Status of Women
1
National Council of Jewish Women
1
National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
1
National Medical Association
1
National Urban League
1
National Welfare Rights Organization
1
New York City Commission on Human Rights
1
Newhouse, Richard H., Jr
1
Newton, Huey
1
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
1
Off the Street Club
1
Operation PUSH (U.S.)
1
Partee, Cecil A., 1921-
1
Payne, Freda
1
Planned Parenthood Association
1
Polikoff, Alexander
1
Powell, Adam Clayton
1
Powell, James
1
Presbytery of Chicago
1
Proctor, Barbara
1
Proctor, Charles D
1
Randolph, A Philip
1
Roosevelt University
1
Ross, Diana, 1944-
1
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
1
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987
1
Saunders, Warner
1
Sawyer, Eugene
1
Seattle Urban League
1
Sengali, Leonard
1
Smith, Abby
1
Smith, Kenneth B.
1
South Deering Improvement Association
1
Stratton, William G
1
Strayhorn, Earl
1
Supremes (Musical group)
1
Tallchief, Maria
1
Taylor, Robert R
1
The Alliance to End Repression
1
The Chicago Network
1
Tilmon, Jim
1
Travis, Dempsey J. (Dempsey Jerome), 1920-2009
1
Tri-County (Peoria) Urban League
1
Tribbett, Charles A, III
1
Tucker, Raymond
1
Tucker, Sterling
1
United Neighborhoods Intertwined for Total Equality (UNITE)
1
Urban Agenda Commission
1
Urban League of Essex County
1
Urban League of Greater Cleveland
1
Urban League of Greater New York
1
Urban League of Kansas City
1
Urban League of Lancaster County, Inc.
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 St. Louis
1
Vasey, Wayne
1
Vivian, C. T.
1
Vivian, Cordy Tindell
1
Wallis, W Allen
1
Washington, Harold, 1922-1987
1
Welfare Public Relations Council of Greater Chicago
1
West Side Organization Health Services Corporation
1
Western Electric Company
1
White Circle League
1
Wick, John W., 1935-
1
Wilder, Douglas
1
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
1
Women's Joint Committee on Adequate Housing
1
Zeidler, Frank P
1
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Bell, Ted
18
H. A. Martin Photography
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Werner, Eric
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A Beatty Photo
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Abrams, Charles
1
Baron, Harold M
1
Berman, Chuck
1
Black, Robert
1
Boyd, A. C.
1
Bundy, McGeorge
1
Burke and Dean, Photographers
1
C. F. Myrick, Jr. Studio
1
Compton, James W
1
Fisher, Vories
1
Jefferson, Nancy; Perine, Emmitt
1
Lawson, Maria J
1
Rein, Irving
1
Rhoden, H. S.
1
Rocky, Linda
1
Seymour, Maurice
1
Taeuber, Karl; Taeuber, Alma F
1
Toloff
1
Walch, John Weston
1
Woods, Clinton; Hurst, Beverly; Cooper, Maudine Rice; Watson, Casandra
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470
Correspondence
405
Report
327
Official Record
255
Photographs
108
Ephemera
97
Newspaper
97
Periodical
87
Pamphlet
62
Notes
61
List
47
Leaflet
41
Legal Document
28
Speech
26
Financial Document
13
Review
10
Photograph
9
Transcript
6
Map
6
Poster
4
Printed Book
1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
1
Official Report
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correspondence
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414
employment
387
Organisations, Associations and Societies
383
Health, Welfare and Housing
372
education
358
housing
341
community organisations
311
finance
234
Employment and Labour
225
discrimination
216
African Americans
215
community development
211
training
201
health
200
schools
194
Education and Training
175
racial tensions
160
crime
148
business
148
police
145
youth
143
Poverty and Discrimination
141
research
128
membership
125
legislation
123
equality
112
living conditions
110
statistics
110
wages
102
poverty
100
civil rights
100
legal cases
95
government
91
Civil rights workers
90
family
88
Civil Rights and Black Power
82
social work
80
demographics
78
industry
76
segregation
75
economy
74
public welfare
72
labour
71
unemployment
70
Business and Industry
69
Police and Community Relations
67
university
67
violence
63
students
62
Legislation and Legal Cases
61
Government and Politics
61
public housing projects
61
racial violence
60
voter registration
59
integration
59
leadership
59
population
59
urban renewal
58
social change
56
city politics
56
police brutality
56
rights
55
clubs
55
politics
54
rehabilitation
52
construction
50
community protest
50
election
50
ghetto
50
interracial
49
Crime and Delinquency
48
charity
48
migration
45
religion
44
church
43
block clubs
43
tax
41
desegregation
41
tenant
38
hospitals
38
housing segregation
38
riots
36
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36
recruitment
33
Family and Daily Life
32
transport
31
benevolent societies
28
black power
25
arrests
25
media
24
juvenile
24
military
23
property
23
theory
23
voting rights
23
womanhood
22
donation
19
contract
19
insurance
19
judicial
19
punishment
19
shootings
18
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17
reform
17
urban planning
15
Judaism
15
meetings
15
protest march
15
public opinion
15
real estate practices
15
scholarship
15
speeches
15
urban decay
14
African Americans--Civil rights
14
civil unrest
14
working conditions
13
African Americans--Education
13
land
13
unionism
12
elderly
12
housing crisis
11
prisoner
11
recreation
11
vandalism
11
zoning
10
Christianity
10
food
10
human rights
10
leisure
10
loan
10
slavery
9
Black Power and Civil Rights
9
anti-Semitism
9
democracy
9
household
8
Ku Klux Klan
8
civil liberties
8
culture
8
gangs
8
grass roots community action
8
music
7
African Americans--Employment
7
arts
7
drugs
7
science
6
Arts and Culture
6
Christmas
6
Faith and Religion
6
Soldier Field (Chicago, Ill.)
6
busing
6
corruption
6
hospital
6
imprisonment
6
neo-Nazism
6
sanitation
6
social security
6
television
6
women's rights
5
African American singers
5
Brown v. Board of Education
5
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5
Portraits
5
agriculture
5
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5
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5
cars
5
communism
5
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5
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5
prejudice
5
teachers
5
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4
Hills v. Gautreaux
4
Politicians
4
Supreme Court
4
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4
city planning
4
immigration
4
library
4
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4
memorial
4
white flight
3
Business and Industry, Education and Training
3
Labor unions
3
Parades
3
army
3
clothes
3
community business groups
3
hospital segregation
3
housing demolition
3
living standards
3
manufacturing
3
petition
3
racial tension
3
sport
3
white supremacy
3
women
2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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sit-in
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African American art
1
African American baseball players
1
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1
African American musicians
1
African American poets
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African Americans--Housing
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Great Migration
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Kraemer v. Shelley
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New Deal
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
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block club
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children
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fascism
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