NFC North Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are the professional football team from Chicago‚ Illinois‚ and forms part of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division of the NFL. The Bears was founded in 1919 and have since won nine NFL Championships and one Super Bowl. The team also hold the NFL record for the most enshrinees in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the most retired jersey numbers. The Bears have also recorded more regular seasons and overall victories than any other NFL team
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THAT CHANGED CHICAGO HISTORY What The Gautreaux lawsuits were the first major public housing desegregation lawsuits. They helped end racial discrimination in public housing in Chicago‚ which resulted with better job options for adults and improved lives for children who moved out of black ghettos. They influenced public housing desegregation throughout the United States. The Problem Public housing segregation was a huge problem in Chicago. Between 1954 and 1967‚ the Chicago Housing Authority
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1988. At the University of Chicago he studied under Professor William Julius Wilson‚ in which he focused on a housing project with Robert Taylor Homes. He wrote a book published in 2008 and it was titled “ Gang Leader For A Day “. This book studied the life of the characteristics of Chicago‚ particularly the Robert Taylor Homes and the gangs. Venkatesh wanted to wrote this book to tell people about the time he was living in. He wanted to explain the inside world of the gang ‚ drug dealing‚ and inside
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significant in symbolizing the history of women in western civilization. As I first entered the space‚ I was overcome by the size and formal layout of the installation. I was reminded of memories of sitting around a big table for family holiday dinners. The layout of The Dinner Party’s triangular table allowed
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got rescheduled the next day through Chicago‚ so I went home to spend the night at my aunt’s house. The next morning‚ I got on a flight to Chicago‚ but when I got there‚ it turned out my flight home to NYC had been cancelled. Fortunately‚ my sister lives in Chicago‚ so I spent the night with her. The next morning I got up in the dark and got in a cab to go to the airport and sit on the waitlist for a flight home. It’s snowing‚ but nothing unusual for Chicago. As the cab speeded on the highway‚ it
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Intersectionality: Gender‚ Race‚ and Gangs Introduction In much of social science research‚ gender‚ race‚ class‚ and other dimensions of identity are treated as discrete variables‚ to be studied and measured separately. In recent years‚ however‚ feminist sociological theorists have argued that race‚ gender‚ class‚ and other axes of identity must be treated as overlapping and intersecting forms of oppression. Kimberlé Crenshaw‚ (1989) was among the first to articulate this theory‚ and coined
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With a corrupt government‚ a country full of volatile and dangerous people‚ one of the remaining reasons to appease citizens would be because they at the very least had a stable and secure job. During this time in Mexican history‚ however‚ the jobs at home were scarce. While Diaz did manage to introduce a large amount to the country what with the railroad construction and all the exporting business‚ it just did not seem to be enough to keep his citizens employed. Often what
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Abstract When Prohibition began in Michigan on May 1‚ 1918‚ the young Purple Gang escalated from crimes of vandalism‚ petty thievery‚ and pick pocketing on Detroit’s lower east-side Paradise Valley located within the Hastings Street neighborhood to armed robbery‚ extortion‚ bootlegging‚ hijacking liquor‚ and even murder. They were used as terrorists by corrupt labor leaders to hold union members in check. The Purple Gang was led by four brothers. Abraham (Abe)‚ Joseph (Joey)‚ Raymond (Ray)‚ and
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Argumentative Essay People in Chicago are just like everybody else but they are getting judged on their skin tone. How would you feel if people would think you are a robber or a criminal just because your a colored person in a nice car. People are getting thrown into jail for some crime they didn’t commit and be in jail for years knowing they are innocent. These people could be just as smart as Albert Einstein but because they are colored they would never be able to show the world. People are getting
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What started as a small spark ‚ possibly in a barn‚ ignited one of the most destructive and largest catastrophes‚ in Chicago’s history. The Great Chicago fire of 1871 is still a mystery. MAny have speculated‚ pointed fingers‚ and taken blame for the devastating fire that destroyed hundreds of acres‚ took many lives‚ and charred the Windy City to ashes. The truths to what really happened on that late night on the eighth of October may never be unravelled. Many do however feel that the evidence
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