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October
24
October
24

Why We’re Saying “Latine”

Posted under Research by Elena Gonzales

CHM curator of civic engagement and social justice Elena Gonzales writes about the history and definitions of various descriptors of people of Latin American heritage and explains why CHM is shifting from using “Latino/a/x” to using “Latine.” A woman holds up a sign that reads “Senator Stevenson, you represent the Latin Americans also,” Chicago, July More

June
21
June
21

H. H. Kohlsaat and the First Automotive Race in the US

Posted under Research by Jojo Galvan

NASCAR is hosting its first ever street courses during the 2023 Fourth of July weekend right here in Chicago, inaugurating two separate races, the 100-lap Grand Park 220 and the 55-lap Loop 15. The Windy City is no stranger to automobile competitions. In 1895, the Chicago Times-Herald Race, the nation’s first automotive race, took place More

June
13
June
13

The Shooting of Eddie Waitkus

Posted under Research by Heidi Samuelson

On June 14, 1949, former Chicago Cub Eddie Waitkus was shot at the Edgewater Beach Hotel by 19-year-old Ruth Ann Steinhagen in what is thought to be one of the first recognized cases of criminal stalking in the United States. Eddie Waitkus faces Ruth Ann Steinhagen in felony court, Chicago, 1949. ST-17500605-E1, Chicago Sun-Times collection, More

June
13
June
13

The Chicago Bulls’ First Three-Peat

Posted under Research by Heidi Samuelson

To mark the 30th anniversary of the Chicago Bulls’ victory to clinch the 1993 NBA Finals and the team’s first three-peat, CHM editor and content manager Heidi Samuelson recounts the path the Bulls took to accomplish this historic feat.  Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen celebrate winning their third consecutive championship against the Phoenix Suns at More

June
01
June
01

Renewal for Whom? The Origins of the University of Illinois Chicago Circle Campus

Posted under Research by Guest Author

Katherine Quiroa is a graduate student at University of Illinois Chicago who interned with CHM curator of civic engagement and social justice Elena Gonzales for our upcoming exhibition Aquí en Chicago. Part of her work includes researching Latino/a/x histories of Chicago.  During the late 1910s, the Mexican population was growing in Chicago. The majority of More

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