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1912
Official "Closing" of the Levee District
Socialist Party candidate Eugene V. Debs runs for President
1914
World War I begins
1915
Black Lawyers Association founded
City Population doubles: Total population reaches 2,448,426
Cook County Bar Association founded
First Black Alderman elected
1916
Great Migration of American Blacks to city
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Suffragist Pankhurst with Policewomen
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Group portrait of British suffragist Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst (center) standing with policewomen Anna E. Neukon, Clara Loucks, LuLu C. Parks and Mrs. Alice Clements (left to right) inside the Hotel LaSalle. The hotel was located at 120-36 North LaSalle Street in the Loop community area of Chicago.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
Other images from this year
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