In this blog post, Elena Gonzales, CHM curator of civic engagement and social justice, discusses the importance of supporting and preserving Indigenous languages and the Museum’s growing role in this … Learn More
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: DOCUMENTS, 2D OBJECTS Recommended for grades 7—12 In 1955, the murder of Emmett Till, a Black teenager from Chicago, and the subsequent criminal trial in Tallahatchie County, … Learn More
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: PHOTOGRAPH, DOCUMENT, 2D OBJECTS Recommended for grades 3-5 A rapidly growing city built of wood. A summer-long heat wave. An exhausted and misdirected team of firefighters. Racial, … Learn More
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: 2D OBJECTS, DOCUMENT, PHOTOGRAPH Recommended for grades 6-12 Running Time: 9 mins 27 secs This video is based on the Stockyards section of Chicago: Crossroads of America. This … Learn More
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS, 2D OBJECTS Recommended for grades 3-5 Running Time: 11 mins 20 secs This video is based the Great Chicago Fire section of Chicago: Crossroads of America. … Learn More
In this blog post, Anita Sharma, a graduate assistant in the Research & Access Department at CHM writes about photographer Mukul Roy and her work documenting the emergence of South … Learn More
Tornadoes and severe storms are no stranger to the Chicago area. Clean-up work being done in Lemont, Illinois, after a tornado came through the area on March 27, 1991. ST-11002137-0015, … Learn More
Claude M. Lightfoot (1910–1991) was an African American author, Chicago resident, political candidate, and member of the Communist Party USA’s national committee. In 1986, he donated a collection of his … Learn More
On the 52nd anniversary of the US Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade, Elisabeth Heissner, manager of visitor acquisition & engagement, and Hannah Johnson, member relations manager, share about … Learn More
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: 2D OBJECTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS Chicago Artists in the 1960s and ’70s used design to create powerful slogans, symbols, and imagery to amplify their visions for social change. … Learn More
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