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• The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1922), by Chicago Commission on Race Relations (multiple formats at archive.org)
• De Mau Mau: A Factual Account of Racism in the White Press (ca. 1973), by De Mau Mau Defense Fund (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Bright shadows in Bronzetown; the story of the Southside Community Committee. ([Chicago, 1949), by Chicago Southside Community Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Occupational changes among Negroes in Chicago ([Chicago], 1939), by United States. Work Projects Administration. Illinois and Estelle Hill Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Revolution in the city. (Fides Publishers, 1961), by Vincent J. Giese (page images at HathiTrust)
• The negro in Chicago; a study of race relations and a race riot (The University of Chicago press, 1922), by Illinois. Chicago Commission on Race Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Chicago race riots, July, 1919 (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1919), by Carl Sandburg (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Negro in Chicago; a study of race relations and a race riot (The University of Chicago Press, 1922), by Chicago Commission on Race Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• The colored people of Chicago an investigation made for the Juvenile Protective Association (Rogers & Hall], 1913), by Louise de Koven Bowen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The colored people of Chicago : an investigation made for the Juvenile Protective Association, by A.P. Drucker, Sophia Boaz, A.L. Harris [and] Miriam Schaffner / by Louise De Koven Bowen. (Rogers & Hall], 1913), by Louise de Koven Bowen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The negro in Chicago. How he and his race kindred came to dwell in great numbers in a northern city; how he lives and works; his successes and failures; his political outlook. A first-hand study (Chicago daily news, 1916), by Junius B. Wood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Housing problem in Chicago (University of Chicago Press, 1910), by Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, Edith Abbott, and Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy. Dept. of Social Investigation (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Negro tuberculosis problem in Chicago (Published by the Chicago tuberculosis Institute ..., 1936), by Marion Nelson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Three papers on social and economic aspects of the black community of Chicago (Center for Advanced Computation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1970), by Charles Melvin Christian and Sari J. Bennett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Information in regard to the proposed South Park Gardens Housing Project (The Authority], 1938), by Chicago Housing Authority and United States. Work Projects Administration (Ill.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Merit employment in Chicago. (Chicago Commission on Human Relations, 1956), by Chicago (Ill.). Mayor's Committee on Community Welfare (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Race relations in Chicago, December 1944. Report of the Mayor's Committee on Race relations. (U.C. Library Bindery, 1944), by Chicago (Ill.). Mayor's Commission on Human Relations (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Integration on trial in the north : a long, hard look at the Hyde Park section of Chicago which is struggling against heavy odds to achieve racial integration (Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism, 1958), by Jeanette Fields (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Colored People of Chicago: An Investigation Made for the Juvenile Protective Association, by Louise de Koven Bowen (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot, by Chicago Commission on Race Relations (Gutenberg ebook)

• Annual report (The League, in the 20th century), by Chicago Urban League (page images at HathiTrust)

• Black power versus racism : the mayoral election of Harold Washington, Chicago, 1983 (Afro-American Studies and Research Program, University of Illinois, 1983), by Gerald A. McWorter, Doug Gills, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Afro-American Studies and Research Program (page images at HathiTrust)

• Churches and voluntary associations in the Chicago Negro community. (W.P.A. district 3, 1940), by St. Clair Drake and United States. Work Projects Administration (Ill.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Chicago Race Riots, July, 1919 (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1919), by Carl Sandburg, contrib. by Walter Lippmann
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  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Annual report (The League, in the 20th century), by Chicago Urban League (page images at HathiTrust)

• Chicago's Negro population : characteristics and trends : a report (Chicago Community Inventory, 1956), by Chicago Community Inventory, Beverly Duncan, Otis Dudley Duncan, Chicago Plan Commission, and Chicago (Ill.). Office of Housing and Redevelopment Coordinator (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Police protection of the African American community in Chicago : an update (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Midwestern Regional Office, 1999), by United States Commission on Civil Rights. Illinois Advisory Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Police protection of the African American community in Chicago : an update (The Committee, 1999), by United States Commission on Civil Rights. Illinois Advisory Committee (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Negro in the Slaughtering and Meat-Packing Industry in Chicago (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1932), by Alma Herbst (page images at HathiTrust)
• To consider new ways that economic development programs can be utilized to create job opportunities for the inner-city unemployed and underemployed : hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic Development of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, second session, March 2, 1990, at Chicago, IL. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1990), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Economic Development (page images at HathiTrust)
• Employment of ghetto residents : three studies on employment policy for the urban ghetto (National Civil Service League ;, 1972), by Bennett Harrison, United States. Dept. of Labor. Manpower Administration, and National Civil Service League (page images at HathiTrust)
• Discrimination against blacks and women at Federal Aviation Administration, air traffic control facility, O'Hare Airport : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, June 20, 1988. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1988), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee (page images at HathiTrust)

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• History of Negro Servitude in Illinois, and of the Slavery Agitation in That State, 1719-1864 (Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Co., 1904), by Norman Dwight Harris (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The history of negro servitude in Illinois, and of the slavery agitation in that state, 1719-1864 (A.C. McClurg & Co., 1904), by Norman Dwight Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Negro servitude in Illinois and of the slavery agitation in that State, 1719-1864 (Negro Universities Press, 1969), by Norman Dwight Harris (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The history of negro servitude in Illinois, and of the slavery agitation in that state, 1719-1864. (A. C. McClurg, 1904), by Norman Dwight Harris (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cancer incidence and age at Northern migration of African Americans in Illinois, 1986-1991 (Illinois Dept. of Public Health, Division of Epidemiologic Studies, 1997), by Holly L. Howe and Illinois. Division of Epidemiologic Studies (page images at HathiTrust)
• Where love and need are one : a demonstration of the use of subsidy to facilitate the adoption of black children in need of permanent homes (Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, 1975), by Vivian Hargrave, Peter Connor, Joan Shireman, Illinois. Dept. of Children and Family Services, and United States Children's Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual report of the Illinois Inter-racial Commission. (The Commission, 1943), by Illinois Inter-racial Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• African American records (The Archives, 1999), by Illinois State Archives (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hearing before the United States Commission on Civil Rights : hearing held in Cairo, Illinois, March 23-25, 1972. (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974), by United States Commission on Civil Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing, held in Cairo, Illinois. March 23-25, 1972. (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974), by United States Commission on Civil Rights (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Camille De Rose story (Erle Press, 1953), by Camille De Rose (page images at HathiTrust)

• Proceedings of the State convention of colored citizens of the state of Illinois, held in the city of Alton, Nov. 13th, 14th and 15th, 1856. (Hays & Thompson, printers, 1856), by State convention of colored citizens of the state of Illinois (1856 : Alton) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Executive leadership and race relations: the problem confronting Illinois mayors. Proceedings of the Mayors' Seminar on Race Relations, Allerton House, Monticello, Illinois, March 27-28, 1968. ([Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois], 1968), by Monticello Mayors' Seminar on Race Relations (1968 : Allerton House, Philip J. Meranto, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Institute of Government and Public Affairs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Riot at East St. Louis, Illinois : hearings before the Committee on Rules, House of Representatives, Sixty-fifth Congress, first session, on H.J. res. 118, August 3, 1917. (U.S. G.P.O., 1917), by United States House Committee on Rules (page images at HathiTrust)

• The voice of the Negro : illustrated monthly. (Atlanta, Ga. : Hertel, Jenkins & Co., -1906., 1904), by J. Max Barber and J. W. E. Bowen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biennial report 1961-1963- (The Commission, in the 20th century), by Illinois Commission on Human Relations (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Corneal A. Davis (The Council, 1984), by Corneal A. Davis, Horace Waggoner, Illinois General Assembly Oral History Program, Illinois. General Assembly. Legislative Council, and Sangamon State University. Oral History Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Corneal A. Davis (The Council, 1984), by Corneal A. Davis, Horace Waggoner, Illinois General Assembly Oral History Program, Illinois. General Assembly. Legislative Council, and Sangamon State University. Oral History Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report on higher education public service responsibilities in the Black community. (Urbana, 1972), by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Institute of Government and Public Affairs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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