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  2. Deerfield, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Deerfield is a village in Lake and Cook counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Deerfield's black population was 12 people out of a total population of 11,786.

  3. George Floyd protests in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Deerfield. On June 3, a peaceful protest was held for over two hours in the evening at the corner of Deerfield and Waukegan roads. It was organized by a group of high school students. Downers Grove. Authorities were responding to reports of looting at a Best Buy location on the 1400 block of Butterfield Road. Village officials encouraged ...

  4. Pie house - Wikipedia

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    The pie house, sometimes referred to as the Deerfield pie house or the Deerfield skinny house, is a two-story house located in Deerfield, Illinois, United States. It is located at 970 Chestnut Street, and is near the Deerfield Metra station. The beige-sided house was built to fit a narrow lot and has attracted attention due to its unusual shape ...

  5. Deerfield High School (Illinois) - Wikipedia

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    Deerfield High School (Illinois) / 42.1874; -87.8523. Deerfield High School (abbreviated DHS) is a comprehensive public high school in Deerfield, Illinois, United States. It is part of Township High School District 113, which also includes Highland Park High School. DHS opened in 1959, and graduated its first class in 1963.

  6. Olympia Fields, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Olympia Fields, Illinois. Location of Olympia Fields in Cook County, Illinois. /  41.51833°N 87.69278°W  / 41.51833; -87.69278. Olympia Fields is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,718 as of the 2020 census. [2] It is a southern suburb of Chicago.

  7. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School - Wikipedia

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    Website. teds .edu. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School ( TEDS) is an academic divinity school founded in 1897 [1] and located in the northern Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Illinois. It is part of and located on the main campus of Trinity International University. It is among the largest theological educational institutions.

  8. Illinois Legislative Black Caucus - Wikipedia

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    The primary mission of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus is "to assure that the interests of African American citizens are given equitable representation in the General Assembly and that legislative action is directed to address those interests." [1] The Caucus's efforts have focused in the areas of housing, health & welfare, education ...

  9. History of African Americans in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The history of African Americans in Chicago or Black Chicagoans dates back to Jean Baptiste Point du Sable 's trading activities in the 1780s. Du Sable, the city's founder, was Haitian of African and French descent. [4] Fugitive slaves and freedmen established the city's first black community in the 1840s.

  10. Racial unrest in Cairo, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    From 1967 to 1973, an extended period of racial unrest occurred in the town of Cairo, Illinois. The city had long had racial tensions which boiled over after a black soldier was found hanged in his jail cell. Over the next several years, fire bombings, racially charged boycotts and shootouts were common place in Cairo, with 170 nights of ...

  11. History of slavery in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The Code Noir, an earlier version of the later Illinois Black codes regulated behavior and treatment of slaves and of free people of color in the French colonial empire, including the Illinois Country of New France from 1685 to 1763 Indian slave of the Fox tribe either in the Illinois Country or the Nipissing tribe in upper French Colonial Canada, circa 1732 The second Governor of Illinois ...