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Order of the Committee on Schools Providing for Segregation, March 23rd, 1863 / Transcription

• Order to provide for a segregated school on the south side of Chicago, where the largest grouping of African-Americans lived. The original order for segregation of schools occurred in February of that year.

• Citation: Bailey, Robert E. and Elaine Shemoney Evans. Early Chicago, 1833-1871 A Selection of City Council Proceedings Files. Springfield: Illinois State Archives, 1999. Document 42. Used by permission of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Accessed on 11/19/2016. https://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/teaching_packages/early_chicago/doc42.html