American Medina: Stories of Muslim Chicago
Many people see Chicago as the American Medina, drawing Muslims from all over the country and world as Medina, Saudi Arabia has done for centuries. Beginning with the 1893 World’s … Learn More
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Dr. Mae Jemison: A Dancer Among the Stars
“Many people do not see a connection between science and dance, but I consider them both to be expressions of the boundless creativity that people have to share with one … Learn More
How Disaster Shaped the Modern City
On this day in 1871, a fire began on DeKoven Street in a barn owned by Catherine and Patrick O’Leary. Fueled by a gale-force wind, this blaze grew into the … Learn More
La Influencia de Bruce Graham
The Chicago skyline you see today was largely influenced by Bruce Graham, a Peruvian American architect who was born in Colombia and raised in Puerto Rico. Bruce Graham worked at … Learn More
Farewell to Comiskey Park, the Baseball Palace of the World
On September 30, 1990, the Chicago White Sox played their final game at Comiskey Park. Police guarding the field at the final game at Comiskey Park, Chicago, September 30, 1990. … Learn More
The Palmer House: Next Door to Everything
In light of the recent news that the Palmer House Hotel faces a $338 million foreclosure suit, CHM staff members take a look back at its three iterations. The Palmer … Learn More
To Stretch and Pull and Expand a Universe
Head into costume storage with CHM costume collection manager Jessica Pushor as she discusses the iconic costume pieces that came out of the partnership between dancer and choreographer Ruth Page … Learn More
Hut-Hut-Hike!
Missing college football’s annual fall kickoff? We’ve huddled up some images from the first half of the twentieth century. Peter T. Alter, CHM chief historian and director of the Studs … Learn More
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
To mark Labor Day and Chicago’s long history of labor activism, CHM assistant curator Brittany Hutchinson recounts how the Pullman Company’s porters formed the first all-Black labor union in the … Learn More
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
“1963 is not an end, but a beginning.” On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 protesters gathered in Washington, DC, for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. At … Learn More