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Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Austin High School Records

 Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-auhs
Abstract

This collection documents Austin High School from its earliest days in the 1870s through the federally mandated desegregation attempts of the 1960s and 1970s. The documentation includes histories, news clippings, photographs, programs, student publications and yearbooks.

Dates: 1881 - 1987

Harold Washington Archives and Collections. Pre-Mayoral Records. Mayoral Campaign Records

 Collection
Identifier: spe-h00030
Abstract

In 1983 Harold Washington became Chicago's first African American mayor. His mayoral campaign is documented in detail in this collection.

Dates: 1966 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1982 - 1983