Christopher Robert Reed

Black Chicago's First Century

1833-1900

In Black Chicago’s First Century, Christopher Robert Reed provides the first comprehensive study of an African American population in a nineteenth-c...

Knock at the Door of Opportunity

Black Migration to Chicago, 1900-1919

Disputing the so-called ghetto studies that depicted the early part of the twentieth century as the nadir of African American society, this thoughtful...

The Depression Comes to the South Side

Protest and Politics in the Black Metropolis, 1930–1933

“Incorporate[s] microhistories and multiple biographies into a broader understanding of a community as complex and iconic as black Chicago.” —Jo...

The Chicago NAACP and the Rise of Black Professional Leadership, 1910–1966

The Chicago NAACP was one of the first branches created in an effort to attain first-class citizenship for African Americans. Through the first six de...

The Rise of Chicago's Black Metropolis, 1920-1929

During the Roaring '20s, African Americans rapidly transformed their Chicago into a "black metropolis." In this book, Christopher Robert Reed describe...

3 Acres on the Lake

DuSable Park Proposal Project

In 1988, the city of Chicago declared three acres of public land along Lake Michigan the future home of DuSable Park--a green refuge dedicated to Chic...

Knock at the Door of Opportunity

Disputing the so-called ghetto studies that depicted the early part of the twentieth century as the nadir of African American society, this thoughtful...

A Study of Black Politics and Protest in Depression-decade Chicago: 1930-1939

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