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Grand Blvd (now MLK Jr. Drive), north from 43rd, Bronzeville/Grand Blvd, 1908, Chicago

Calumet Ave, north from 61st St., Washington Park, 1908, Chicago

A portrait of Chicago’s south side. - Photograph taken on December 17, 1981 in the South Shore neighborhood by an unknown photographer. Photo featured in part of the Sun-Times archive collection.

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Grand Blvd (now MLK Jr. Drive), north from 43rd, Bronzeville/Grand Blvd, 1908, Chicago

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Hyde Park High School baseball team; Sam Ransom, center, 1903, Chicago

Learn more about Ransom and his extraordinary athletic and military careers here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ransom

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Sculptor Ida McClelland Stout (aka Fanny Stout) completes a work on the back porch of her tenement home, 1915, Chicago

You can visit one of Stout’s sculptures, Charitas, at The Theater on the Lake, where Fullerton meets Lake Shore Drive.

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Emma J. Atkinson, c.1860s, Chicago

From BlackThen.com:

Emma J. Atkinson was a Black abolitionist who was one of the mysterious “Big Four,” a group of women at Quinn Chapel who provided aid to runaway slaves.

Atkinson arrived in Chicago around 1847 with her husband, Isaac. When they arrived, there were only around 200 other blacks in the city. By 1850, the African-American population in Chicago only consisted of fewer than 400 residents out of a total population of over 23,000.

The “Big Four” women acted as conductors for the Underground Railroad. They provided shelter, food, and other necessities need to help runaway slaves. Out of the four black women, Atkinson is the only known name. There were no records kept by the “Big Four” abolitionists, and little else is known about their work.