Onward To Chicago

Author : Larry A. McClellan
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780809339129

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Onward to Chicago by Larry A. McClellan Pdf

WINNER, 2023 Underground Railroad Free Press Hortense Simmons Memorial Prize for the Advancement of Knowledge! Uncovering stories of the freedom network in northeastern Illinois Decades before the Civil War, Illinois’s status as a free state beckoned enslaved people, particularly those in Kentucky and Missouri, to cross porous river borders and travel toward new lives. While traditional histories of the Underground Railroad in Illinois start in 1839, and focus largely on the romanticized tales of white men, Larry A. McClellan reframes the story, not only introducing readers to earlier freedom seekers, but also illustrating that those who bravely aided them were Black and white, men and women. McClellan features dozens of individuals who made dangerous journeys to reach freedom as well as residents in Chicago and across northeastern Illinois who made a deliberate choice to break the law to help. Onward to Chicago charts the evolution of the northeastern Illinois freedom network and shows how, despite its small Black community, Chicago emerged as a point of refuge. The 1848 completion of the I & M Canal and later the Chicago to Detroit train system created more opportunities for Black men, women, and children to escape slavery. From eluding authorities to confronting kidnapping bands working out of St. Louis and southern Illinois, these stories of valor are inherently personal. Through deep research into local sources, McClellan presents the engrossing, entwined journeys of freedom seekers and the activists in Chicagoland who supported them. McClellan includes specific freedom seeker journey stories and introduces Black and white activists who provided aid in a range of communities along particular routes. This narrative highlights how significant biracial collaboration led to friendships as Black and white abolitionists worked together to provide support for freedom seekers traveling through the area and ultimately to combat slavery in the United States.

Author : United States. Census Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1078 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : United States
ISBN : UCAL:C3292562

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Census Reports Tenth Census by United States. Census Office Pdf

Author : Thomas Rawlings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : British Columbia
ISBN : BL:A0027072695

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Emigration, with Special Reference to Minnesota, U.S., and British Columbia by Thomas Rawlings Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1780 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UCAL:B4647643

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Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UIUC:30112074584597

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Poor's Directory of Railway Officials ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Daniel R. Day
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780525510536

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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem by Daniel R. Day Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Dapper Dan is a legend, an icon, a beacon of inspiration to many in the Black community. His story isn’t just about fashion. It’s about tenacity, curiosity, artistry, hustle, love, and a singular determination to live our dreams out loud.”—Ava DuVernay, director of Selma, 13th, and A Wrinkle in Time NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY VANITY FAIR • DAPPER DAN NAMED ONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own innovative, glamorous designs. But before he reinvented haute couture, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money, and a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books. In this remarkable memoir, he tells his full story for the first time. Decade after decade, Dapper Dan discovered creative ways to flourish in a country designed to privilege certain Americans over others. He witnessed, profited from, and despised the rise of two drug epidemics. He invented stunningly bold credit card frauds that took him around the world. He paid neighborhood kids to jog with him in an effort to keep them out of the drug game. And when he turned his attention to fashion, he did so with the energy and curiosity with which he approaches all things: learning how to treat fur himself when no one would sell finished fur coats to a Black man; finding the best dressed hustler in the neighborhood and converting him into a customer; staying open twenty-four hours a day for nine years straight to meet demand; and, finally, emerging as a world-famous designer whose looks went on to define an era, dressing cultural icons including Eric B. and Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa, Big Daddy Kane, Mike Tyson, Alpo Martinez, LL Cool J, Jam Master Jay, Diddy, Naomi Campbell, and Jay-Z. By turns playful, poignant, thrilling, and inspiring, Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem is a high-stakes coming-of-age story spanning more than seventy years and set against the backdrop of an America where, as in the life of its narrator, the only constant is change. Praise for Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem “Dapper Dan is a true one of a kind, self-made, self-liberated, and the sharpest man you will ever see. He is couture himself.”—Marcus Samuelsson, New York Times bestselling author of Yes, Chef “What James Baldwin is to American literature, Dapper Dan is to American fashion. He is the ultimate success saga, an iconic fashion hero to multiple generations, fusing street with high sartorial elegance. He is pure American style.”—André Leon Talley, Vogue contributing editor and author

Author : Chicago Project (Universität München)
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 0252014588

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German Workers in Chicago by Chicago Project (Universität München) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1913
Category : Merchant marine
ISBN : HARVARD:32044105528509

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Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Christiansen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015059253297

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A Theater of Our Own by Richard Christiansen Pdf

Who produced the first stage adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" in 1902-nearly forty years before the movie classic?

Author : Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 998 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015066950463

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Reports of the Boards by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly Pdf

Author : Timothy B. Spears
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226768748

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Chicago Dreaming by Timothy B. Spears Pdf

Part I examines the ethos of self-making and boosterism that has defined the city since its settlement in the 1830s, and argues that these energies formed the context for hinterland migration during the nineteenth century and beyond. Part 2 highlights the emotional and cultural foraces that continued to tie many migrants to the hinterland even after their arrival in Chicago. Part 3 looks at Chicago's ethnic communities through the eyes of hinterland migrants, underscoring the cultural authority of these native-born newcomers in mediating the assimilation of foreign immigrants. Chapter 6 focuses on the work of Jane Addams and Chapter 7 considers how Chicago's multiethnic community is portrayed in Edith Wyatt's and Elia Peattie's fiction and in Carl Sandburg's poetry.

Author : United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Bureau of Statistics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Merchant marine
ISBN : PRNC:32101068130812

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List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, with the Official Numbers and Signal Letters Awarded to Them by United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Bureau of Statistics Pdf

Author : Nathan Godfried
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0252065921

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WCFL, Chicago's Voice of Labor, 1926-78 by Nathan Godfried Pdf

Chicago radio station WCFL was the first and longest surviving labor radio station in the nation, beginning in 1926 as a listener-supported station owned and operated by the Chicago Federation of Labor and lasting more than fifty years.

Author : John Zietlow,Jo Ann Hankin,Alan Seidner,Tim O'Brien
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119382614

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Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations by John Zietlow,Jo Ann Hankin,Alan Seidner,Tim O'Brien Pdf

Essential tools and guidance for effective nonprofit financial management Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations provides students, professionals, and board members with a comprehensive reference for the field. Identifying key objectives and exploring current practices, this book offers practical guidance on all major aspects of nonprofit financial management. As nonprofit organizations fall under ever-increasing scrutiny and accountability, this book provides the essential knowledge and tools professional need to maintain a strong financial management system while serving the organization’s stated mission. Financial management, cash flow, and financial sustainability are perennial issues, and this book highlights the concepts, skills, and tools that help organizations address those issues. Clear guidance on analytics, reporting, investing, risk management, and more comprise a singular reference that nonprofit finance and accounting professionals and board members should keep within arm’s reach. Updated to reflect the post-recession reality and outlook for nonprofits, this new edition includes new examples, expanded tax-exempt financing material, and recession analysis that informs strategy going forward. Articulate the proper primary financial objective, target liquidity, and how it ensures financial health and sustainability Understand nonprofit financial practices, processes, and objectives Manage your organization’s resources in the context of its mission Delve into smart investing and risk management best practices Manage liquidity, reporting, cash and operating budgets, debt and other liabilities, IP, legal risk, internal controls and more Craft appropriate financial policies Although the U.S. economy has recovered, recovery has not addressed the systemic and perpetual funding challenges nonprofits face year after year. Despite positive indicators, many organizations remain hampered by pursuit of the wrong primary financial objective, insufficient funding and a lack of investment in long-term sustainability; in this climate, financial managers must stay up-to-date with the latest tools, practices, and regulations in order to serve their organization’s interests. Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations provides clear, in-depth reference and strategy for navigating the expanding financial management function.

Author : Stefanie Chambers
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 1592134696

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Mayors and Schools by Stefanie Chambers Pdf

This book examines the national trend toward mayoral control of big-city school districts through comparative case studies of Chicago and Cleveland - two school districts that adopted mayoral control during the 1990s. Chambers takes up the question of whether granting control to mayors in major cities will indeed fix public school systems. She finds that although both cities have experienced noteworthy improvements in student performance since mayoral control, the increased centralization of decision-making has reduced minority participation in democratic politics. Chambers argues that this conundrum of improved performance at the cost of decreased minority participation could undermine the very democratic and civic values that schools try to teach. In a concluding chapter, she offers several suggestions for better incorporating minority participation educational decisions, even while centralizing more power in mayors' offices.