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Woodlawn, Chicago
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Woodlawn is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is near the shore of Lake Michigan 8.5 miles south of the Loop.
The Strand Hotel, an NRHP listed apartment hotel on Cottage Grove Avenue.
The Strand Hotel, an NRHP listed apartment hotel on Cottage Grove Avenue.
"Black youngsters cool off with fire hydrant water on Chicago's South Side in the Woodlawn community. The kids don't go to the city beaches and use th
"Black youngsters cool off with fire hydrant water on Chicago's South Side in the Woodlawn community. The kids don't go to the city beaches and use the fire hydrants to cool off instead. It's a tradition in the community, comprised of very low income people. The area has high crime and fire records. From 1960 to 1970 the percentage of Chicago blacks with income of $7,000 or more jumped from 26% to 58%." – June 1973. Photograph by John H. White
Hotel Mira Mar, at 6212-22 Woodlawn Avenue (photographed 1927)
Hotel Mira Mar, at 6212-22 Woodlawn Avenue (photographed 1927)
Hyde Park High School, located at 62nd Street and Stony Island Avenue (photographed 2014)
Hyde Park High School, located at 62nd Street and Stony Island Avenue (photographed 2014)
Emmett Till
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Emmett Louis Till was an African-American boy who, at 14 years old, was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955. The brutality of his murder and the acquittal of his killers drew attention to the
Woodlawn, Chicago
…and the 63rd Street Beach with its magnificent beach house. As part of the City of Chicago, Woodlawn is served by the Chicago Public School District. Emmett Till Math & Science Academy is in Woodlawn. Emmett Till, its namesake, was an alumnus of the school when it was called James McCosh Elementary School; in…
Till in a photograph taken by his mother on Christmas Day, 1954
Till in a photograph taken by his mother on Christmas Day, 1954
The Chicago two-flat at 6427 S. St. Lawrence Avenue where Emmett Till lived with his mother in mid-1955
The Chicago two-flat at 6427 S. St. Lawrence Avenue where Emmett Till lived with his mother in mid-1955
The remains of Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market in 2009
The remains of Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market in 2009
Bryant's Grocery Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker, 2018
Bryant's Grocery Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker, 2018