Authorship
This library guide was developed through ongoing collaborative efforts between dr. april l. graham-jackson, Nancy Spiegel, and Chris Skrable in support of research focusing on Chicago Southland as part of Chicago Studies.
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This guide supports Archiving Black Suburban Life in Chicago Southland - a research initiative developed and led by dr. april l. graham-jackson --Department of Sociology Postdoctoral Scholar, Mansueto Institute For Urban Innovation Research Fellow, and Postdoctoral Research Affiliate with Chicago Studies, the Committee on Environment, Geography, and Urbanization (CEGU), and the Urban Theory Lab.
This initiative is a historical, cartographic, and place-based exploration of Black suburban life through the growth and development of the South Suburbs of Chicago known colloquially as Chicago Southland. Formally established in the 1980s, Chicago Southland is a suburban sub-region of seventy suburban cities, villages, and unincorporated areas approximately twenty miles south of downtown Chicago. Many cities, villages, and townships that make up the Southland developed in the mid to late 1800s despite its official founding as a suburban sub-region in the 1980s.
Challenger Aero Club at the Robbins Airport in Robbins, Illinois, January 30, 1933. From left to right: George Mitchell, Albert Cosby, Clyde D. Hampton, George Webster, Gerald Reed, Janet H. Bragg, Doris Tanner, William Jackson, Harold Hurd, Cornelius Coffey, and John C. Robinson. Photo Credit | National Air and Space Museum.
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