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notreallyelaine
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Desegregation isn‘t about Black people giving up their institutions

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Kaila-ann
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A fascinating look at 12 days in 1919 Chicago that changed the city for many years to come. Nonfiction, well researched and well written.

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JoyBlue
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McCombsonMain
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Informative, and easy to read, Chicago's Great Fire doesn't only look at the historical events of 1871. It also covers the sociological aspects before and after.
https://mccombsonmain.com/2021/02/02/non-fiction-review-chicagos-great-fire-carl...

#historicalnonfiction #nonfiction #Chicagohistory #Americanhistory #gildedage

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MargaretPinardAuthor
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‘...a child born on a Friday would be hanged or go to Congress.‘ Um, WHAT?!?
Lol. #foundwhileresearching #histfic #chicago #crazy #superstituous #howwelive #19thcentury #removal

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LibraryCin
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Devastating story, but a fascinating read (and it always feels so weird to describe these real-life disaster books this way). But, they can be (and this one is) so compelling.

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Lesliereads
Bridges of Memory: Chicago's First Wave of Black Migration | Studs Terkel, John Hope Franklin, Timuel D. Black
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Last night a native Chicagoan recommended I read this book. I love oral histories, so it‘s right up my alley! #oralhistories #chicagohistory