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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 `

24 Bell, Ted 18 H. A. Martin Photography 2 Werner, Eric 1 A Beatty Photo 1 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 1 Toloff 1 Walch, John Weston 1 Woods, Clinton; Hurst, Beverly; Cooper, Maudine Rice; Watson, Casandra

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 Official record 1 Periodicals 1 correspondence

471 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 membership 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 Business and Industry 77 public welfare 77 university 75 violence 69 Government and Politics 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 real estate practices 17 urban planning 16 civil unrest 16 meetings 16 unionism 15 Judaism 15 scholarship 15 urban decay 14 African Americans--Civil rights 14 human rights 14 land 14 working conditions 13 African Americans--Education 13 elderly 13 recreation 12 housing crisis 12 loan 12 prisoner 12 slavery 12 zoning 11 food 11 vandalism 10 Christianity 10 democracy 10 gangs 10 leisure 9 Black Power and Civil Rights 9 Ku Klux Klan 9 anti-Semitism 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 Arts and Culture 6 Christmas 6 Faith and Religion 6 Soldier Field (Chicago, Ill.) 6 assassination 6 corruption 6 hospital 6 imprisonment 6 law 6 neo-Nazism 6 prejudice 6 social security 6 teachers 6 television 6 veteran 6 women's rights 5 African American singers 5 Brown v. Board of Education 5 Neo-Nazism 5 Portraits 5 alcohol 5 cars 5 communism 5 library 5 literacy 5 medicine 4 Hills v. Gautreaux 4 Politicians 4 Supreme Court 4 blockbusting 4 city planning 4 hospital segregation 4 immigration 4 inequality 4 living standards 4 white flight 4 white supremacy 4 women 3 Business and Industry, Education and Training 3 Labor unions 3 Parades 3 army 3 clothes 3 community business groups 3 farming 3 housing demolition 3 manufacturing 3 petition 3 racial tension 3 radio 3 residential segregation 3 sport 2 Awards 2 Factories 2 Islam 2 Jim Crow laws 2 Musicians 2 S.C.L.C. Operation Breadbasket 2 advertising 2 boycotting 2 citizenship 2 elections 2 emergency services 2 entrepreneurship 2 environment 2 exam 2 gentrification 2 lobbying 2 nutrition 2 presidency 2 propaganda 2 public housing program 2 public housing project 2 public service 2 railways 2 revenue 2 rural community 2 sit-in 2 universities 1 African American art 1 African American baseball players 1 African American dramatists 1 African American musicians 1 African American poets 1 African American politicians 1 African Americans--Economic conditions 1 African Americans--Housing 1 Architectural models 1 Black Power 1 Black power--United States 1 Cheerleaders 1 Church 1 Classrooms 1 Comiskey Park (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Education parks 1 Employment and labour 1 Great Migration 1 Health, Wealth and Housing 1 Kraemer v. Shelley 1 New Deal 1 Organisations, Association and Societies 1 Plessy v. Ferguson 1 Shoemakers 1 Singers 1 Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 1 United States. Army 1 Voter registration 1 World War II 1 advertisement 1 ballot 1 benevolent society 1 block club 1 children 1 city development 1 clubs, employment, rights, youth, charity, health, finance, wages, housing, migration, unionism, living conditions 1 community 1 conservation 1 criminal justice 1 delinquency 1 fascism 1 freedom 1 gender 1 homosexuality 1 inflation 1 lynching 1 marketing 1 mixed-race marriage 1 morality 1 political rally 1 pollution 1 public services 1 race relations 1 racial segregation 1 railway 1 refuge 1 restaurants 1 riot 1 social control 1 socialism 1 stockholders 1 student 1 tenants 1 travel 1 vote registration 1 voting 1 wage 1 wages community development 1 war 1 youths