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US History-Living History Project: Redlining, Segregation & Civil Rights in Chicago

Reference, primary sources, news coverage, and web resources to help you contextualize the period of U.S. history you are researching.

Englewood Neighborhood, Chicago

Englewood. Wikimedia Commons.

Subject Reference Sources

Subject Database & E-Book resources related to Race in Chicago in the 1950s and 1960s.

All GBS Library databases and e-books are accessible from home with your GBS Username & Password. See Home Access box at the bottom of the page for more details.

GBS Historical News Databases

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Housing Segregation in Chicago

Growing up in Chicago during the Civil Rights Movement

Home Access to Databases

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