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Cicero Race Riot Of 1951
The Cicero race riot of 1951 occurred July 11–12, when a mob of 4,000 whites attacked an apartment building that housed a single black family in a neighborhood in Cicero, Illinois. Background The aftermath of World War II saw a revival of white attacks on blacks in the Chicago area, mostly on the city's South and Southwest Sides, but also in the western industrial suburb of Cicero. Aspiring African-American professionals seeking to obtain improved housing beyond the increasingly overcrowded South Side ghetto, whether in private residences or in the new public housing developments constructed by the Chicago Housing Authority, were frequently greeted by attempted arsons, bombings, and angry white mobs often numbering into the thousands. Backdrop In early June 1951, Mrs. DeRose, who owned an apartment building at 6139–43 W. 19th Street in Cicero, got into a controversy with her tenants and was ordered to refund a portion of the rent. Afterwards, out of anger and/or profit, she r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cicero, Illinois
Cicero (originally known as Hawthorne) is a suburb of Chicago and an Incorporated town#Illinois, incorporated town in Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 85,268. making it the List of cities in Illinois#Most populous places, 11th largest municipality in Illinois. The town of Cicero is named after Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman Republic, Roman statesman and orator. History Originally, Cicero Township, Cook County, Illinois, Cicero Township occupied an area six times the size of its current territory. The cities of Oak Park, Illinois, Oak Park and Berwyn, Illinois, Berwyn were incorporated from portions of Cicero Township, and other portions, such as Austin, Chicago, Austin, were annexed into the city of Chicago. By 1911, an aerodrome called the ''Cicero Flying Field'' had been established as the town's first aircraft facility of any type, located on a roughly square plot of land abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |