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REVEREND ADDIE WYATT: FAITH AND THE FIGHT FOR LABOR, GENDER, AND RACIAL EQUALITY BY MARCIA WALKER-MCWILLIAMS

THE CHICAGO BLACK RENAISSANCE AND WOMEN'S ACTIVISM BY ANNE MEIS KNUPFER 

BECOMING BY MICHELLE OBAMA

HAROLD WASHINGTON: CHAMPION OF RACE AND REFORM IN CHICAGO BY ROGER BILES

DREAMS FROM MY FATHER: A STORY OF RACE AND INHERITANCE BY BARACK OBAMA

RACIAL DEMOCRACY AND THE BLACK METROPOLIS: HOUSING POLICY IN POSTWAR CHICAGO BY PRESTON H. SMITH II 

CHICAGO DIVIDED: THE MAKING OF A BLACK MAYOR BY PAUL KLEPPNER 

THE CHICAGO FREEDOM MOVEMENT: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISM IN THE NORTH EDITED BY MARY LOU FINLEY, BERNARD LAFAYETTE JR. JAMES R. RALPH JR. AND PAM SMITH 

FROM THE BULLET TO THE BALLOT: ILLINOIS CHAPTER OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY AND RACIAL COALITION POLITICS IN CHICAGO BY JAKOBI WILLIAMS 

CRUCIBLES OF BLACK EMPOWERMENT: CHICAGO'S NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS FROM THE NEW DEAL TO HAROLD WASHINGTON BY JEFFREY HELGESON

A POLITICAL EDUCATION: BLACK POLITICS AND EDUCATION REFORM IN CHICAGO SINCE THE 1960S BY ELIZABETH TODD-BRELAND 

GHOSTS IN THE SCHOOLYARD: RACISM AND SCHOOL CLOSINGS ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE BY EVE L. EWING 

OCCUPIED TERRITORY: POLICING BLACK CHICAGO FROM RED SUMMER TO BLACK POWER BY SIMON BALTO

DREAM BOOKS AND GAMBLERS: BLACK WOMEN'S WORK IN CHICAGO'S POLICY GAME BY ELIZABETH SCHROEDER SCHLABACH

BLACK PICKET FENCES: PRIVILEGE & PERIL AMONG THE BLACK MIDDLE CLASS BY MARY PATTILLO 

KING DAVID AND BOSS DALEY: THE BLACK DISCIPLES, MAYOR DALEY, AND CHICAGO ON THE  EDGE BY LANCE WILLIAMS 

BLACK GANGSTERS OF CHICAGO BY RON CHEPESIUK

THE ALMIGHTY BLACK P STONE NATION: THE RISE, FALL, AND RESURGENCE OF AN AMERICAN GANG BY NATALIE Y. MOORE AND LANCE WILLIAMS

ONWARD TO CHICAGO: FREEDOM SEEKERS AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS BY LARRY A. MCCLELLAN

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD SOUTH OF CHICAGO BY LARRY A. MCLCELLAN

TO THE RIVER: THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF CAROLINE QUARLLS A FREEDOM SEEKER ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD BY LARRY A. MCCLELLAN AND KIMBERLY SIMMONS

BLACK CHICAGO'S FIRST CENTURY VOLUME 1, 1833-1900 BY CHRISTOPHER ROBERT REED

BUILDING THE BLACK METROPOLIS: AFRICAN AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN CHICAGO EDITED BY ROBERT E. WEEMS JR. AND JASON P. CHAMBERS

I'VE GOT TO MAKE MY LIVIN': BLACK WOMEN'S SEX WORK IN TURN-OF-THE CENTURY CHICAGO BY CYNTHIA M. BLAIR

THE MERCHANT PRINCE OF BLACK CHICAGO: ANTHONY OVERTON AND THE BUILDING OF A FINANCIAL EMPIRE BY ROBERT E. WEEMS JR. 


SB FULLER: PIONEER IN BLACK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY MARY FULLER CASEY

BINGA: THE RISE AND FALL OF CHICAGO'S FIRST BLACK BANKER BY DON HAYNER 

SELLING THE RACE: CULTURE, COMMUNITY, AND BLACK CHICAGO, 1940-1955 BY ADAM GREEN

ENERGY NEVER DIES: AFRO-OPTIMISM & CREATIVITY IN CHICAGO BY AYANA CONTRERAS

FEELS RIGHT: BLACK QUEER WOMEN AND THE POLITICS OF PARTYING IN CHICAGO BY KEMI ADEYEMI

LIFTING AS THEY CLUMBED: MAPPING A HISTORY OF BLACK WOMEN ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE BY MARIAME KABA AND ESSENCE MCDOWELL 

LIFTING AS THEY CLIMBED: MAPPING A HISTORY OF TRAILBLAZING BLACK WOMEN IN CHICAGO BY ESSENCE MCDOWELL AND MARIAME KABA

THERE ARE NO CHILDREN HERE: THE STORY OF TWO BOYS GROWING UP IN THE OTHER AMERICA BY ALEX KOTLOWITZ

SLIM'S TABLE: RACE, RESPECTABILITY, AND MASCULINITY BY MITCHELL DUNEIER 

AMERICAN WINGS: CHICAGO'S PIONEERING BLACK AVIATORS AND THE RACE FOR EQUALITY IN THE SKY BY SHERRI L. SMITH AND ELIZABETH WEIN

BLACK BASEBALL AND CHICAGO  EDITED BY LESLIE A. HEAPHY

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