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1.DUSABLEMUSEUMOFAFRICANANDAFRICAN
AMERICANHISTORY
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740East56 Place
Foundedin1961,TheDuSableMuseumofAfricanAmerican
Historyisthefirstandoldestmuseumdedicatedtothestudy
andconservationofAfricanAmericanhistory,culture,andart.
6.JANEADDAMSHULLHOUSE
800SouthHalstedStreet
“Iwantedapracticalelement.Youcan
Establishedin1889byJaneAddams(1860-1935)andEllen
GatesStarr,theHullHouseopeneditsdoorsasChicago’sfirst
discusshowthingsworkintheirideal,
socialsettlementin1889.Todayitisamuseumlocatedonthe
butthisishowthingsactuallywork.”
campusoftheUniversityofIllinoisatChicago.
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2.STEPHENDOUGLASTOMB
RachelSullivan,studentinthePublic
PolicyCourse‘PursuingSocialJusticein
3536SouthLoweAvenue
RichardJosephDaley(1902–1976)wastheMayorofChicago
theCity.’
7.MAYORRICHARDJ.DALEYHOME
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636East35 Street
ThissiteistheburialplaceofdistinguishedIllinoisstatesman
StephenArnoldDouglas(1813-1861).Douglasisoften
GROUNDEDPOLICY:ProgramontheGlobalEnvironment’s
rememberedforhislegendarysenatorialdebatesagainst
GreenRestaurantResearchTeamvisitUncommonGround.
AbrahamLincoln.
for21yearsandchairmanoftheCookCountyDemocratic
CentralCommitteefor23years,holdingbothpositionsuntil
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hisdeathinoffice.DaleywasChicago's48 mayorandlived
hisentirelifeintheheavilyIrish-AmericanBridgeport
neighborhood.
3.HISTORICBRONZEVILLE
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35 StreetandSouthDr.MartinLutherKingDrive
Between1910and1920,duringthepeakofthe"Great
Migration,"thepopulationoftheBronzevilleneighborhood
increaseddramaticallywhenthousandsofAfricanAmericans
escapedtheoppressionoftheSouthandmigratedtoChicago
insearchofindustrialjobs.
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“It’sincrediblyimportantthatour
8.UNIONSTOCKYARDGATE
studentshaveopportunitiesto
SouthUnionAvenue
TheUnionStockyardGatewastheentrancetothefamous
understandandenjoytheirhomecity,
UnionStockYardsinChicago.Thelimestonegatestillstands
Chicago.”
asoneofthefewremindersofChicago'spastdominancein
themeatpackingindustry.
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EXPLORINGNEWNEIGHBORHOODS:TheSouthSideHistory
4.PRARIEAVENUEDISTRICT
BikeTourkicksofffora15mileride.
1827SouthIndianaAvenue
ThePrairieAvenueDistrictisahistoricdistrictintheNear
SouthSidecommunityofChicago.ItwasthesiteoftheBattle
ofFortDearbornandbecamethecity'smostfashionable
residentialdistrictaftertheGreatChicagoFire.
JohnW.Boyer,DeanoftheCollege
9.HAROLDWASHINGTONCULTURALCENTER
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4701SouthDr.MartinLutherKingDrive
HaroldWashingtonwasanativeChicagoanandgrewupin
Bronzeville.Heserved16yearsintheIllinoisLegislatureand
twoyearsintheUnitedStatesHouseofRepresentatives
beforehewaselectedasthecity’sfirstAfrican-American
“Itrytoencourage[mystudents]toget
mayorin1983.
5.CHICAGOCOLISEUMSITE
offcampusandlookatthecityandits
people,tofigureoutwhatreallyneeds
tobesaid.”
10.PRESIDENTBARACKOBAMAHOME
14 PlaceandWabashAvenue
Locatedat1513SouthWabashAvenue,theChicagoColiseum
wasthecity’spremiermeetinghallfrom1900untilthe
ChicagoStadiumopenedinthelate1920s.TheColiseum
DIGGINGCHICAGO’SHISTORY:ArcheologyPracticumstudents
hostedeveryRepublicanNationalConventionfrom1904
findartifactsfromtheColumbianExpositionof1893.
through1920andtheBullMoosePartyconventionin1912.
SouthGreenwoodAvenueandEast50 Street
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Beforebeingelectedasthe44
President,Obamaworkedasa
JudyHoffman,SeniorLecturer,Cinema
civilrightsattorneyandtaughtconstitutionallawatthe
andMediaStudies
UniversityofChicagoLawSchoolfrom1992to2004.Healso
servedthreetermsrepresentingthe13thDistrictintheIllinois
Senatefrom1997to2004.
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