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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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Children of Charles H. Johnston, Secretary of the United Brick and Clay Workers' Union
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Group portrait of the children of Charles H. Johnston, secretary of the United Brick and Clay Workers' Union, sitting on the steps of a dwelling in Chicago, Illinois. Police believed Johnston committed suicide.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
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