Known simply as Brown vs. the Board of Education, the case included five individual cases of public-school segregation that were brought before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1952. These cases included: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Briggs v.…

Named after Illinois congressman Elihu Benjamin Washburne, the Washburne Trade and Continuance School served as an elementary school prior to its switch to vocational training in 1919. While in operation, Washburne offered training to high school…

Located on Chicago’s North Side, Cabrini-Green complex began as the Frances Cabrini Homes, a public housing project led by the Chicago Housing Authority in 1942. The homes targeted veterans of WWII and included fifty-five structures. The American…