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Chicago Negroes and the Black Belt Riots Legacy
A 1910s-era Chicago feature traces the Black Belt on the South Side, its growth, crime lanes, saloons, and cabarets, the rise of black political power led by Madden Harding and De Priest, police demoralization, and the rioting that followed. It notes demographic shifts, housing tensions, and the role of institutions like Provident Hospital and the YMCA in shaping the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Frank Jardiner
New York Times
Chicago
Martin B. Madden
Illinois
George F. Harding
Pecroes
Harding
William Hale Thompson
Oscar de Priest
Thompson
de Priest
Black Belt
Tis
Jack Belt
Lake Michigan
Bill Lewis
Thirty Fifth Street
State Street
Lewis
Meliberg
Pekry
Lhat
Black West
United States
Maclay Hoyne
Hoyne
Min
Harry M. Fisher
Mecago
Lowder
Adjt
Dickman
Junius B. Wood
Chicago Daily News
Morehan
Twenty Second
Sixty‘third
South State Street
Loop
Provident Hospital
West Thirty-sixth Street
Wabash Avenue
Young Men's Christian Association
South Wabash Avenue
Nathan M. Freer
Philip D. Armour Marshall Field
Geo. M. Pullman
H. H. Kohlsaat
the Defender
R. S. Abbott