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The Unexpected Consequence of Government Manipulation: Racial Disturbances at Chicago's Public Housing for Veterans in the 1940s.

The article discusses race relations between African Americans and whites in Chicago, Illinois public housing for World War II veterans during the 1940s. The impact that the Chicago Housing Authority's (CHA's) policy of promoting racial integration played in race riots in Chicago, including the 1946...

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Publicado en:Journal of American & Canadian Studies no. 31; pp. 49 - 78
Autor principal: Takei, Hiroshi
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sophia University 2013
Materias:
20th century history of race relations in the United States
Public housing
Chicago Housing Authority
World War II veterans > Services for
Social conditions of veterans
American veterans
Race riots
African American housing
Twentieth century
African American history
History
Social history
Chicago (Ill.)
Illinois
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Sumario:The article discusses race relations between African Americans and whites in Chicago, Illinois public housing for World War II veterans during the 1940s. The impact that the Chicago Housing Authority's (CHA's) policy of promoting racial integration played in race riots in Chicago, including the 1946 race riot in Airport Homes, Chicago and the 1947 riot in Fernwood Park Homes, Chicago, is discussed.