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Timuel Black, civil rights leader and Chicago historian, 1918–2021

As an educator and administrator, Black helped end segregation in Chicago Public Schools. In 1963, he ran for the Chicago City Council. Although ...

Timuel Black - Wikipedia

Timuel Black ... Timuel Dixon Black Jr. (December 7, 1918 – October 13, 2021) was an American educator, civil rights activist, historian and author. A native of ...

Timuel Black's Biography - The HistoryMakers

Timuel Black was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on December 7, 1918, but was raised in Chicago – a place he loves to call home. He is a revered and highly ...

Timuel D. Black Jr. Digital Collection | Chicago Public Library

The digital collection contains speeches that span nearly four decades from the 1960s to the 1990s. Topics range from education, civil rights, racial ...

Remembering Timuel Black | The Obama Foundation

Tim came to Chicago when he was just 8-months-old, when his family left the Deep South in pursuit of something better as part of the Great Migration. He began ...

Timuel D. Black, Jr. Papers - Chicago Public Library

The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, audiovisual materials, organizational records, funeral programs, serials, photographs, clippings, subject ...

Timuel D. Black, Jr. Collection | Library of Congress

Veterans History Project Service Summary: ... Timuel Black was not happy about being drafted into the army in 1943, so much so that he sent back his first draft ...

Oral History Interview - World War II Timuel Black

Timuel Black - World War II. Timuel Black came of age in Chicago's Black Belt during the 1930s, and in 1943 was inducted into the U.S. Army. He received ...

Timuel D. Black Jr. Scholarship & Fellowship Program - CCC

The program's goal is to support City Colleges students who are emerging community leaders as they complete their studies and hone their community change ...

Timuel D. Black Essay Contest

Timuel D. Black Essay Contest. The Timuel D. Black Essay Contest was established in 2022 to help local Chicago high school students connect with and reflect ...

Timuel Black, South Side historian and activist, is dead at 102

Obama released a statement the afternoon after Black's death. “Today, the city of Chicago and the world lost an icon with the passing of Timuel ...

Celebration of the Birth of Timuel Dixon Black, Jr | Uniting Voices

Add to Calendar 12/7/2023 5:00 PM America/Chicago Celebration of the Birth of Timuel Dixon Black, Jr Join us for a celebration of civil rights ...

Lt. Governor Stratton's Statement on the Passing of Timuel Black

Chicago — Today, we mourn the loss of legendary civil rights activist and historian Timuel Black. In over a century of life and service, Timuel Black paved ...

Remembering Timuel Black - Barack Obama – Medium

Today, the city of Chicago and the world lost an icon with the passing of Timuel Black. Tim spent decades chronicling and lifting up Black ...

Landmarks Illinois Timuel D. Black, Jr. Grant Fund for Chicago's ...

ABOUT THE Landmarks Illinois Timuel D. Black, Jr. Grant Fund for Chicago's South Side. The Landmarks Illinois Timuel D. Black, Jr. Grant Fund for Chicago's ...

Timuel Black, Strategist and Organizer for Black Chicago, Dies at 102

Timuel Black, Strategist and Organizer for Black Chicago, Dies at 102. He assembled attendees of the March on Washington, mentored a young ...

Get Into the Struggle: Timuel Black in his Own Words

In June 2021, Maira Khwaja sat down with Black for an interview in his home. What follows are Timuel Black's own words, as told to Khwaja and filmed by Kahari ...

Sacred Ground - Northwestern University Press

Timuel Black is an acclaimed historian, activist, and storyteller. Sacred Ground: The Chicago Streets of Timuel Black chronicles the life and times of this ...

Timuel Black, historian, civil rights activist, dies at 102 - Chicago Sun ...

Mr. Black, a political and civil rights activist, educator, historian, prolific author and revered elder statesman and griot of Chicago's ...

Timuel Black, Civil Rights Champion And Historian, Dies At 102

Timuel D. Black Jr., the civil rights champion who from birth was a witness to and key participant in Black American history, died Wednesday at the age of 102.


Timuel Black

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Timuel Dixon Black Jr. was an American educator, civil rights activist, historian and author. A native of Alabama, Black was raised in Chicago, Illinois, and studied the city's African-American history.

Sacred Ground: The Chicago Street of Timuel Black