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635
Chicago Urban League (CUL)
258
Chicago Urban League
143
Compton, James W
108
National Urban League (NUL)
54
Berry, Edwin C
37
Chicago Housing Authority (CHA)
36
Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR)
34
Berry, Edwin C., 1910-1987
33
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
32
Daley, Richard J
28
King, Martin Luther, Jr
26
Compton, James, 1938-
24
Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination
24
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
23
Afro-American Patrolmen’s League
18
Young, Whitney
13
Jackson, Jesse
13
Taylor, James E
12
Chicago Economic Development Corporation (CEDCO)
11
Building Construction Employers' Association
11
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
11
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
11
Wright, Thomas H
10
Black Panther Party
10
Bridges, Horace J
10
Washington, Harold L
10
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
9
Sears, Amelia
9
Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago
8
Chicago Bar Association
8
Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunity
8
Hall, George C
8
Robinson, Renault
7
Anti-Defamation League
7
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
7
Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
7
Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago (LAFC)
7
Raby, Al
7
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
7
Young, Whitney M.
6
Bowe, Augustine J
6
Chicago Housing Consortium (CHC)
6
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Movement
6
Metcalfe, Ralph H
6
United States Commission on Civil Rights
5
Bousfield, M O
5
Catholic Interracial Council of Chicago
5
Illinois Committee for Fair Housing Law
5
People United to Save Humanity (PUSH)
5
St Clair Drake, John Gibbs
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
Illinois Commission on Human Relations
4
Johnson, Lyndon B
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
Pierce, Elbridge Bancroft
4
Wyatt, Addie L., 1924-2012
3
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
3
American Hospital Association
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
Franklin, John Hope
3
Illinois Committee for Equal Job Opportunities
3
Jarrett, Vernon, 1921-2004
3
Kennedy, John F
3
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
3
League of Women Voters of Chicago
3
League of Women Voters of Illinois
3
National Black Police Association
3
Ridley, Rachel R
3
The American Jewish Committee
3
Veeck, Bill
3
Wood, Elizabeth
3
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
2
Ashford, Laplois
2
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP)
2
Cairo United Front
2
Chicago Commission on Human Relations
2
Chicago Commission on Race Relations (CCRR)
2
Chicago Guidance and Personnel Association
2
Chicago Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation (CMHDC)
2
Chicago Urban League (CUL
2
Chicago Urban League (CUL))
2
Citizens Committee to Fight Slums
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
Embree, Edwin
2
Epps, Edgar G., 1929-
2
France, Erwin
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
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 Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
2
National Association of Social Workers
2
National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing (NCDH)
2
National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
2
National Medical Association
2
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
2
Off the Street Club
2
Operating Engineers Craft Committee
2
Park, Robert E
2
Peterson, Virgil W
2
Randolph, A Philip
2
Small Business Administration
2
Student Woodlawn Area Project (SWAP)
2
Taeuber, Karl
2
West Englewood Community Organization
2
Wilkins, Roy
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
Aronson, Arnold
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
Buckner, James
1
Bureau of Jewish Employment Problems
1
Bureau of Social Science Research
1
Burrell, Curtis
1
Byrne, Jane M
1
CIO Political Action Committee
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 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 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
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
Hayes, Charles A
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 Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
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
Kinckle Jones, Eugene
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
Missouri Commission on Human Rights
1
Molotch, Harvey
1
Morris, Calvin S. (Calvin Sylvester), 1941-
1
Mortgage Bankers Association
1
Murray, Philip
1
National Advisory Commission on Health Manpower
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 Intergroup Relations Officials (NAIRO)
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 Community Relations Advisory Council
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 Negro Congress
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
Operation PUSH (U.S.)
1
Palmer, Edward 'Buzz'
1
Partee, Cecil
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
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
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 for Bergen County
1
Urban League of Essex County
1
Urban League of Greater Cleveland
1
Urban League of Greater Muskegon
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 Nebraska
1
Urban League of Philadelphia
1
Urban League of Pittsburgh
1
Urban League of Southern Connecticut
1
Urban League of Southwestern Fairfield County
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, Roger
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
2
Werner, Eric
1
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
Forster, Arnold; Epstein, Benjamin R
1
Jefferson, Nancy; Perine, Emmitt
1
Johnson, Reginald A
1
Lawson, Maria J
1
Mitchell, Arnold; Wyden, Edith R
1
Morrow, Joseph J
1
National Urban League (NUL)
1
Rein, Irving
1
Rhoden, H. S.
1
Rocky, Linda
1
Seymour, Maurice
1
Taeuber, Karl; Taeuber, Alma F
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1
Walch, John Weston
1
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506
Correspondence
446
Report
374
Official Record
255
Photographs
124
Ephemera
110
Periodical
104
Newspaper
103
Pamphlet
73
Notes
69
List
49
Leaflet
41
Legal Document
37
Speech
27
Financial Document
15
Review
14
Photograph
11
Transcript
8
Printed Book
7
Poster
6
Map
1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
1
Official Report
1
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employment
429
Organisations, Associations and Societies
417
Health, Welfare and Housing
416
education
392
housing
367
community organisations
336
finance
261
Employment and Labour
258
discrimination
235
training
228
health
227
community development
223
Education and Training
218
schools
216
African Americans
192
racial tensions
178
crime
164
police
162
Poverty and Discrimination
160
business
158
research
154
legislation
153
youth
144
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143
equality
128
wages
123
statistics
121
living conditions
115
civil rights
114
poverty
113
government
110
legal cases
99
family
96
Civil Rights and Black Power
91
Civil rights workers
90
industry
88
demographics
88
segregation
88
social work
84
economy
80
labour
78
Police and Community Relations
78
unemployment
77
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77
public welfare
77
university
75
violence
69
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69
leadership
68
Legislation and Legal Cases
68
integration
68
social change
67
racial violence
67
students
66
population
66
public housing projects
64
rights
64
urban renewal
61
police brutality
61
voter registration
60
politics
59
city politics
58
clubs
58
community protest
57
Crime and Delinquency
57
construction
55
ghetto
55
rehabilitation
54
election
53
interracial
51
migration
50
church
49
charity
49
religion
47
hospitals
46
block clubs
46
tax
44
desegregation
42
riots
42
tenant
41
housing segregation
40
Protest and Race Riots
40
recruitment
39
Family and Daily Life
33
benevolent societies
32
transport
29
arrests
29
black power
29
military
27
media
27
theory
26
voting rights
24
insurance
24
juvenile
24
womanhood
23
donation
23
property
21
judicial
21
punishment
20
shootings
19
contract
18
Speeches, addresses, etc.
18
reform
18
speeches
17
protest march
17
public opinion
17
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17
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16
civil unrest
16
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16
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15
Judaism
15
scholarship
15
urban decay
14
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14
human rights
14
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14
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13
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13
elderly
13
recreation
12
housing crisis
12
loan
12
prisoner
12
slavery
12
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11
food
11
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10
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10
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10
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10
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9
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9
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9
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9
household
8
busing
8
civil liberties
8
culture
8
grass roots community action
8
music
8
sanitation
7
African Americans--Employment
7
agriculture
7
arts
7
drugs
7
memorial
7
science
6
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6
Christmas
6
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6
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6
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6
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6
hospital
6
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6
law
6
neo-Nazism
6
prejudice
6
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6
teachers
6
television
6
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6
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5
African American singers
5
Brown v. Board of Education
5
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5
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5
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5
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5
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5
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4
Hills v. Gautreaux
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4
Supreme Court
4
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4
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4
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4
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4
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4
living standards
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white flight
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white supremacy
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women
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Business and Industry, Education and Training
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community business groups
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petition
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sport
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African American art
1
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1
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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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