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Overview. Chicago saw a major rise in violent crime starting in the late 1960s. Murders in the city peaked in 1974, with 970 murders when the city's population was over three million, resulting in a murder rate of around 29 per 100,000, and again in 1992, with 943 murders when the city had fewer than three million people, resulting in a murder rate of 34 murders per 100,000 citizens.
v. t. e. Richard Joseph Daley (May 15, 1902 – December 20, 1976) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Chicago from 1955, and the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party Central Committee from 1953, until his death. He has been called "the last of the big city bosses " who controlled and mobilized American cities. [1]
The Daily Herald serves Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, and McHenry counties and has a coverage area of about 1,300 square miles (3,400 km 2). It is the third-largest newspaper in Illinois (behind the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times). History. The Daily Herald was founded in 1872 as the Cook County Herald.
0745-7014. Website. chicagodefender .com. The Chicago Defender is a Chicago -based online African-American newspaper. It was founded in 1905 by Robert S. Abbott and was once considered the "most important" newspaper of its kind. [1] Abbott's newspaper reported and campaigned against Jim Crow -era violence and urged black people in the American ...
Operation Breadbasket, in part led by Jesse Jackson, sought to harness African-American consumer power. The Chicago Freedom Movement was the most ambitious civil rights campaign in the North of the United States, lasted from mid-1965 to August 1966, and is largely credited with inspiring the 1968 Fair Housing Act.
CHICAGO - Expect sunny skies today with highs in the mid 70s. Decaying storms will be moving into Chicagoland tonight, with rain and a few storms until about 7 a.m. Wednesday. Highs tomorrow will ...
Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1967. The group began calling themselves the Chicago Transit Authority (after the city's mass transit agency [1]) in 1968, then shortened the name in 1969. Self-described as a " rock and roll band with horns ," their songs often also combine elements of classical music, jazz, R&B, and pop ...
WTTW. / 41.878917°N 87.636167°W / 41.878917; -87.636167. WTTW (channel 11) is a PBS member television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Owned by not-for-profit broadcaster Window to the World Communications, Inc., it is sister to commercial classical music radio station WFMT (98.7 FM).