J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover joined the Justice Department in 1917 and was named director of the Department’s Bureau of Investigation in 1924. When the Bureau reorganized...
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Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter
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Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter (October 12, 1942 – January 17, 1969) was a prominent American activist, community organizer, and leader in the Black Power movement. He...
COINTELPRO
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The FBI ran a domestic counter-intelligence program (COINTELPRO) that quickly evolved from a legitimate effort to protect national security from hostile foreign threats into an...
Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt
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Born Elmer Gerard Pratt in Louisiana, 1947; son of Eunice Petty Pratt and her husband, a scrap metal dealer; married Sandra Pratt, who was murdered...
The Black Liberation Army (BLA)
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The Black Liberation Army (BLA) was an underground, black nationalist-Marxist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981. Composed largely of...
Chicago’s Negro League Photo Gallery
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On February 13, 1920, Andrew “Rube” Foster made history by founding the Negro National League, the first successful, organized professional Black baseball league. This groundbreaking...
The Chicago Union Giants
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The Chicago Union was an independent team formed in 1887 and one of the first professional, Black baseball teams to last more than a year...
Separate But Equal
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“Separate but equal” refers to the infamously racist decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that allowed the use of segregation...
Lyman Trumbull
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Lyman Trumbull, (born Oct. 12, 1813, Colchester, Conn., U.S.—died June 25, 1896, Chicago, Ill.), U.S. senator from Illinois whose independent views during the Civil War...