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| − | Mid 1990s Allison Davis was listed | + | Mid 1990s Allison Davis was listed as a member of [[Friends of Alice Palmer]] (in formation), alongside [[Danny K Davis]], [[Tony Rezko]], [[Timuel Black]] and [[Barack Obama]].<ref>Undated Friends of Alice Palmer membership list. Harold Washington papers</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Friends of Alice Palmer]] | [[Category:Friends of Alice Palmer]] | ||
Revision as of 02:30, 19 January 2010
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Discrimination
According to Timuel Black;
But until the courts struck down restrictive housing covenants in 1948, the blacks in Chicago were all very tightly packed together in their own enclaves, just as we had been in the South. For instance, Allison Davis, who was the first black full professor at the University of Chicago, couldn’t live in Hyde Park because they wouldn’t sell him a house.
Friends of Alice Palmer
Mid 1990s Allison Davis was listed as a member of Friends of Alice Palmer (in formation), alongside Danny K Davis, Tony Rezko, Timuel Black and Barack Obama.[1]
References
- ↑ Undated Friends of Alice Palmer membership list. Harold Washington papers