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September 5, 1992 64,877 spectators saw Notre Damedefeat Northwestern42–7. It was Notre Dame's first game at Soldier Field in a half-century. [1][32][33] October 10, 1992 43,692 spectators attended the First Annual Chicago Football Classic, a footballgame between historically black colleges.
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 Northern United States, lasted from mid-1965 to August 1966, and is largely credited with inspiring the 1968 Fair Housing Act.
1871: October 8 – 10, the Great Chicago Fire. [5] [8] 1872 Montgomery Ward in business. Establishment of the first Black fire company in the city. The original library, inside the old water tower on the site that is now the Rookery Building. This former water tower was the site of the original public library, exterior view
Fox local. Terrence Lee. July 5, 2024 at 10:33 PM. CHICAGO - Mayor Brandon Johnson joined a community rally for peace Friday night after shocking violence rocked Chicago's Fourth of July. The ...
v. t. e. The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a violent racial conflict between white Americans and black Americans that began on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, on July 27 and ended on August 3, 1919. [ 1][ 2] During the riot, 38 people died (23 black and 15 white). [ 3] Over the week, injuries attributed to the episodic confrontations stood ...
List of entertainment events at the United Center. Since its opening in 1994, the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, has hosted many local, regional and international artists, spanning a wide range of musical genres. A list of notable concerts are given in the table below, with other non-concert entertainment events also included.
Marlene Lenthang. July 9, 2024 at 7:33 AM. Chicago was plagued by bloodshed during the the long Fourth of July holiday weekend, with 109 people shot and 19 killed, authorities said. There were a ...
The Taste of Chicago (also known locally as The Taste) is the world's largest food festival [citation needed], held in September in Chicago, Illinois in Grant Park. The event is also the largest festival in Chicago. [ 1] Non-food-related events include live music on multiple stages, including the Petrillo Music Shell, pavilions, and performances.