Chicago Commission on Race Relations
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Chicago Commission on Race Relations
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The Chicago Commission on Race Relations was a non-partisan, interracial investigative committee, appointed by Illinois governor Frank Lowden. The commission was set up after the Chicago riots of July and August 1919 in "which thirty-eight lives were lost, twenty-three Negros and fifteen whites, and 537 persons were injured".The purpose of the commission was to investigate the causes of the Riot and make recommendations to prevent a tragedy like this from reoccurring. The research was the first
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Commission set up after the Chicago riot of 1919
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Commission_on_Race_Relations
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2022-05-03T10:28:22Z
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