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The Chicago Commission on Race Relations appointed by the Governor to investigate the 1919 Chicago race riot and to offer recommendations for new laws or other state action for the prevention of further outbreaks. Composed of leading Chicago black and white citizens, the commission inquired into racial tensions not only locally but also throughout the state and, in some matters, the nation. At the conclusion of its work the commission sent the Governor its plans, investigation reports, memoranda, minutes, financial statements, hearing transcripts, and letters dealing with racism and its effects in schools, churches, industries, housing, and unions.

For more information on the Frank Orren Lowden Correspondence, see RG 101.027

Information

Year: 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920

Identifer: Commission on Race Relations

Title: Frank Orren Lowden Correspondence

Creator: Office of the Governor

Subject - LOC: Lowden, Frank O. (Frank Orren), 1861-1943; Chicago Commission on Race Relations; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Civil rights; Lynching; Propaganda; Black history; Race relations; Racial violence; Chicago (Ill.); East Saint Louis (Ill.); Springfield (Ill.); Illinois. Labor protest

Date (Created): 1917-01-08

Coverage (Geographic): United States -- Illinois

Coverage (Temporal): 1910s (1910-1919); 1920s (1920-1920)

Type: text

Publisher: Illinois State Archives

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