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Ellie Gilbert-Bair

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Ask an Expert: What Makes Chicago a Union Town?

by Ellie Gilbert-Bair August 27, 2026August 27, 2026

ames R. Barrett is professor emeritus of history and African American studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was born and raised in Chicago and is the author of The Irish Way: Becoming American in the Multi-Ethnic City (Penguin Books, 2012), History From the Bottom, Up and the Inside Out: Race, Ethnicity, and […]

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