Policy researcher, professor, activist and philanthropist, Harold (“Hal”) M. Baron (1930-2017) is an unsung hero of the Civil Rights Movement. Preferring to work behind the scenes as a researcher and political strategist, not all of his body of work…

Hal Baron's works are fundamentally rooted in the Chicago of the 20th century. While monuments such as the high-rise housing projects swiftly vanish from the skyline, the policies and prejudices that motivated them continue to have a profound…

These people, places, and cases were instrumental in shaping the Chicago in which Hal lived.