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History

Posted inLatest

South Side Tours Delivers History on the Move

by Dierdre Robinson February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

South Side Tours uses narration, local insight, and landmark stops to highlight the people and places that define Chicago’s South Side.

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Life on the South Side Immortalized in Home Movies

by Dierdre Robinson March 20, 2024April 13, 2024
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Bussing as a Political Pawn: The Reverse Freedom Rides

by Jesús Flores December 3, 2023December 3, 2023
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Black Jewel of the Midwest

by Kit Ginzky July 27, 2023July 28, 2023
Posted inHistory

Reclaiming Community as a Bosnian Refugee on Chicago’s South Side

by Ermina Veljačić July 18, 2023July 21, 2023
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At the Packingtown Museum, Discover Yesterday’s Stockyards, Today’s Back of the Yards and the Future of Food

by Maureen Kelleher June 2, 2023June 2, 2023
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Tracing the Black Panther Footprint

by Jacqueline Serrato November 30, 2022December 2, 2022
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The South Suburbs’s Little Known Underground Railroad

by Dierdre Robinson March 13, 2022April 30, 2022
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How the Chicago Freedom Movement Made Way for the Fair Housing Act

by Igli Velcani March 4, 2022March 4, 2022
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Growing Up in the Robert Taylor Housing Projects

by Jacqueline Serrato February 25, 2022March 7, 2022

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