Vigils Against Violence posters

Descriptive Summary

Title: Vigils Against Violence posters
Identifier: BMRC.CHM.VIGILS
Repository: Chicago History Museum
Language: English
Size: 0.1 Linear feet
Dates: 1994-1995

Scope and Contents note

Includes notices for speeches and other anti-violence activities held at Stateway Gardens public housing project, located at 35th and State Street in Chicago (Ill.). Collectively known as the Vigils Against Violence, the activities included a candlelight remembrance of the victims of violence on Chicago's south side.

Custodial History note

Gift of The Resource Center, 1995 (1995.0215).

Processing Information note

This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 October 19 by Lisa Calahan.

Indexed Terms

New World Resource Center (Chicago, Ill.)
Stateway Gardens (Chicago, Ill.)
African Americans--Violence against
Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions
Public housing--Illinois--Chicago

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