Douglas/Grand Boulevard

A Chicago Neighborhood

Nonfiction, Travel, Pictorials, Art & Architecture, Photography, History
Cover of the book Douglas/Grand Boulevard by Mahoney, Olivia, Chicago Historical Society, Arcadia Publishing Inc.
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Author: Mahoney, Olivia, Chicago Historical Society ISBN: 9781439613115
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: April 12, 2001
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: Mahoney, Olivia, Chicago Historical Society
ISBN: 9781439613115
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: April 12, 2001
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English
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.
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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.

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