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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
1917
United States declares war against Germany and Japan
1918
Spanish Flu Epidemic: 8,500 deaths in Chicago
World War I Armistice
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Frances Fay West, Linked to an Attempted Bombing
Portrait of Frances Fay West standing in a yard in Chicago, Illinois holding a dog in her arms. She planned to elope with a suitor, but her mother intervened. The suitor planted a bomb at the West's home at 1639 West Van Buren in an attempt to harm Mrs. West.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
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