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Bronzeville: Black Chicago in Pictures, 1941-1943

Architectural Record, May 2003

During its nine years of existence, the Farm Security Administration employed some of America’s best photographers to document  the hardships of living on relief during the Depression. The project resulted in an archive of 200,000 images some of which are featured in Bronzeville: Black Chicago in Pictures, 1941-43, a show that tells the story of Chicago’s urban underbelly, African-Americans chasing the American dream, and the architecture that failed to sustain them. 

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