In early 1927 a major change occurred: 22nd Street, later renamed Cermak Avenue, was widened by as much as 25… Read more 1927: The widening of Cermak and the colonizing of Wentworth

On September 10, 1944, John Vercoe, superintendent of Rosehill cemetery in northern Chicago, offered a series of excuses to the… Read more 1944: Racism at Rosehill: The Cemetery Refuses to Bury Tom Chan

The town of Pekin Illinois, just outside the city of Peoria, got its name from its location, which residents believed… Read more 1981: The Pekin Chinks high school team becomes the Pekin Dragons

From the Chicago History Museum, Chicago Anyone who has been to Chicago’s Chinatown will recognize this distinctive and beautiful structure.… Read more Chinatown’s On Leong Building

Encyclopedia Of Chicago – Chinese The first Chinese immigrants to Chicago arrived in the early 1870s from the West Coast… Read more Encyclopedia Of Chicago – Chinese