The Great Migration continues: The Chicago (Illinois) Defender begins publishing job advertisements and passenger train schedules to facilitate the relocation the descendants of freedmen more easily from the confederate states to Chicago.

       Postscript: Over the course of the next three years, Chicago’s population of African descent tripled to over 100,000.

       [added 4/12/2025]

Subsequent Events:

7/3/1917               5/21/1920               8/30/1920

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References:

History of the Chicago Defender | Chicago Defender
chicagodefender.com/history-of-the-chicago-defender/

The Chicago Defender – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chicago_Defender

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