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Chicago Urban League The Racial Aspects of Urban Planning, an Urban League Critique of the Chicago Comprehensive Plan.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.023 Author/Creator: Chicago Urban League Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Pamphlet Date: 1968 Pagination: 64 p. ; 23 x 15.5 cm.

One pamphlet entitled, "The Racial Aspects of Urban Planning, an Urban League Critique of the Chicago Comprehensive Plan," published by the Chicago Urban League dated 1968. Discusses racism within major cities, effects on lower-income African-American families, and formulating a way to end segregation through city planning.

Banfield, Edward C., 1916-1999
Baron, Harold M., fl. 1968
Berry, Edwin C., 1910-1987
de Vise, Pierre, fl. 1968
Hallett, Stanley J., 1930-1998
Kaufman, Jerome L., 1933-2013
Mayer, Harold M., fl. 1968
Meyerson, Martin, 1922-2007
Stafford, Walter W., fl. 1968
Wetmore, Louis B., fl. 1968
1945 to the Present
African American History
African Americans
Race discrimination
Segregation
City planning
The Civil Rights Movement

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