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In recognition of Black History Month, the IDHH would like to revisit previous years’ posts, which feature people like Mayor Harold Washington and Timuel D. Black, Jr., events like the Million Man March, and communities such as Maxwell Street Market and the African American student population at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
- Celebrating Black History in IDHH Collections (2024)
- The Chicago Blues Sound of the Maxwell Street Market (2022)
- Celebrate Black History with the Daily Egyptian Diversity News Archive (2021)
- Black History Month at the IDHH (2020)
- Celebrating Black History (2019)
- The IDHH’s Digital Exhibit on Mayor Washington
- The IDHH’s Primary Source Set on Mayor Washington