Research Help

Topics

People

Organizations

Decades

Archives

Results 1 to 2 of 2

Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- 20th century (2)     x Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century (2)     x Newspaper clippings (2)     x Reports (2)     x 1980s (2)     x clear facets
Sort by:
Relevance Z-A ↑ Shuffle shuffle

African American Police League (Chicago, Ill.) records

In 1968, five Black Chicago police officers founded the Afro-American Patrolmen's League (AAPL; renamed the Afro-American Police League in 1979 and later, the African American Police League), with the stated purpose of establishing a greater degree of professionalism in law enforcement, to elevate the image of the African American police person in the African American community, and to eliminate police

Dates: 1961-1988,   |   Extent: 213.75 linear ft. (332 boxes processed).; 1 oversize folder.; 1 sound cassette. (Original).; Film reels. (Original).
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Daniel Cantwell papers

Personal and official correspondence, sermons, memos, reports, minutes, newsclippings, articles, and pamphlets of Monsignor Daniel Cantwell. Materials primarily document Cantwell's work as a Catholic priest in Chicago from the 1940s onward, in the areas of race relations, fair housing practices, and working people's rights, including material about his role as co-founder and chaplain of activist Catholic lay groups such as

Dates: 1923-1981   |   Extent: 22 linear ft. (53 boxes)
Archives: Chicago History Museum