| Douglas/Grand Boulevard: A Chicago Neighborhood Contributor(s): Mahoney, Olivia (Author), Chicago Historical Society (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738518557 ISBN-13: 9780738518558 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: 977.311 |
| LCCN: 2001087166 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6.48" W x 9.26" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Illinois |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The history of Chicago can be told through its neighborhoods, and perhaps none is more telling than Douglas/Grand Boulevard on the city's south side. The future site of the neighborhood remained a sparsely settled prairie until the early 1850s, when Stephen A. Douglas purchased a large tract of land and began developing a residential subdivision for the wealthy. Douglas/Grand Boulevard: A Chicago Neighborhood explores the development of this distinctive community and the many obstacles its residents encountered. Originally a predominately white neighborhood, Douglas/Grand Boulevard became an African-American community during the Great Migration when thousands of Southern blacks moved north seeking greater opportunities. After the 1919 Race Riot, an increasing number of white residents moved away from the neighborhood, and the community became a national model of black achievement. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mahoney, Olivia: - Author Olivia Mahoney is Director of Historical Documentation at the Chicago Historical Society. This book is largely based on an exhibition she developed in 1995 with residents of Douglas/Grand Boulevard as part of the historical society's path-breaking project, Neighborhoods: Keepers of Culture. |