People from Chicago, Illinois

codes. Black codes restricted blacks from learning to read or write. They couldn't go to the same public facilities as whites. And every single free black person had to have a job. In 1865 the Freedmen's Bureau was established to help previous slaves. Black codes were then entirely eliminated by reconstruction. When Reconstruction ended in 1877 black codes were…

October 8, 1871, Chicago, Illinois was a city ready to burn. In the book The Great Fire, the author Jim Murphy gave enough evidence to show that Chicago was a city ready to burn into a mountain of flames in 1871. At the onset, the city was a windy city anyway but tonight it was just so out of hand that (60 miles per hour)when the fire started in the O’leary’s barn they said that the cow kicked the lamp over when she was milking it, the wind it just picked the fire up and threw it from house to…

high population, in order to have more possibility in its info-structure. That the same time I did not want a well-known city that is constantly being talked about or well known. I found the city Deerfield in Illinois, though Deerfield hasn’t have a massive population it is next to Chicago and connected to it’s with 2 railways. o What, if anything, makes this city vulnerable with regard to climate change? City in the north are always vulnerable to some sort of climate change, since during the…

People vs. Jennings What happens when someone’s fingerprints are found at a crime scene? Thomas Jennings, a black man, was accused of murdering Clarence Hiller in Chicago, Illinois in 1910, when his fingerprints were found at the scene of the crime. The Thomas Jennings Trial was an important trial because it changed what evidence can be used it court, by challenging and redefining American values such as what is used to convict criminals, fingerprints being allowed in court, and how minority…

is kind of bad because I used to live over there and from the looks of it, it got worse like more killing on the west side k town area. The dolton area is more secure with police officers who are always int he area 24/7 all day everyday. Both neighborhoods are different because they are 45 mins away from each other. One is good and the other one is bad. Dolton neighborhood is in between calumet city and river-dale. It is a small city in Illinois and a lot of things to do in Dolton. Dolton is…

The investigators told the press that Moore had arranged the purchase of two young girls. One was described as “so little and so childish that she wept when they took her from one house to another because she had to leave her Teddy bear behind.” However, it was all a ruse as the two “girls” turned out to be experienced prostitutes who were 23 and 25 years old. Also, the ladies weren’t forced to do anything. One of them testified, “All I remember is he asked us to go to Seattle, made arrangements…

Barack Obama has a net worth of $12.2 million. He was Illinois senator for 3 terms and became the first African American US President, as well as the 44th POTUS. He is an author and one of the most powerful people in the world. How he earned it Books Barack’s books, The Audacity of Hope and Dreams of my Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance contributed immensely to his net worth. His speech during the Democratic National Convention in 2004 resulted in national exposure and popularity. As his…

The right to bear arms in the United States is and has been one of the most debated topics involving the constitution. In the past century, countries from all around the world have been banning or heavily restricting access to firearms. England has restricted access to semi-automatic rifles that are abundant in the United States and Australia it is almost impossible to get one’s hands on a pistol. So if countries like Australia and England have laws making it hard to get guns, than why hasn’t…

gang warfare and mobs are not as popular as they were in the 1920’s. People like Al Capone roamed the streets and started gangs and were killing people. On February 14, 1929, four men that were dressed up as police officers forced seven of George Moran’s men into a garage, lined them up, and shot them. Al Capone and George Moran were sworn enemies. The two men fought over smuggling and trafficking operations in Chicago, Illinois. Capone and Moran have survived many attempted murder attacks. For…

Chicago, with a population of nearly three million people (roughly one percent of the entire nation's inhabitants!) it's not hard to imagine that many of America's most famous people are current residents of Chicago homes or at least once had a home in the Windy City. Here is but a small sampling of some of the more interesting Chicago homes ranging from minutely interesting to intriguingly gruesome. Mae Jemison: First African-American Woman in Space Mae Jemison grew up in Morgan Park, an…