International Women’s Day
Women march down State Street for the first women’s liberation march since 1916, May 15, 1971. ST-20003470-0019, Chicago Sun-Times collection, CHM © Sun-Times Media, LLC. All rights reserved. March 8 … Learn More
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“A voice in making the law”
Naomi Anderson, c. 1893, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-755b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 On March 1, 1843, Naomi … Learn More
Concert is Power: The Opposition to Illinois’ “Black Laws”
From left: portrait of Mary Richardson Jones, c. 1865. Aaron E. Darling, painter. CHM, ICHi-062628. Portrait of John Jones, c. 1865. Aaron E. Darling, painter. CHM, ICHi-062485. In February 1853, a new law took effect that prohibited … Learn More
Amethyst for February
Watch fob with amethyst stone by Carence Crafters, c. 1910. Clockwise from top: ICHi-074261, ICHi-074260, ICHi-074263. All images by CHM staff. Amethyst is the birthstone for February. The word “amethyst” is derived from “amethystos” in Greek, with the prefix … Learn More
Chicago History Museum Acquires Work from Chicago Based Visual Artist and Author
The Chicago History Museum today announced the acquisition of 117 photographs and two copies of Chicago Protests: A Joyful Revolution, from Chicago-based visual artist and author, Vashon Jordan Jr. His … Learn More
Donald E. Lassere Named President and CEO of Chicago History Museum
Following a diligent search process and subsequent vote by the board of trustees, the Chicago History Museum today announced that Donald E. Lassere, President of the Muhammad Ali Center in … Learn More
Fannie Barrier Williams
On February 12, 1855, Fannie Barrier was born in Brockport, New York. She was the first African American to graduate from Brockport State Normal School (now SUNY-College at Brockport) in … Learn More
“Meals by Fred Harvey”
Fred Harvey lunchroom and restaurant at Union Station, Chicago, June 29, 1943. HB-07469-B, CHM, Hedrich-Blessing Collection. When traveling by train was common practice, stopping at a Fred Harvey-owned establishment was almost … Learn More
Heather Bilandic’s Potato/Leek Soup
Michael A. Bilandic became mayor after the death of Richard J. Daley in 1976. During his 1979 election campaign, Bilandic emphasized his ethnic and family loyalties with this brochure that … Learn More
Bessie Coleman, Aviation Pioneer
From left: Portrait of Bessie Coleman, pilot, c. 1921. CHM, ICHi-026774. Bessie Coleman on the wheel of a Curtiss JN-4 “Jennie” in her custom-designed flying suit, c. 1924. NASM 92-13721, … Learn More