Chicago History Podcast

Stories from history of the Greatest City in the World - Chicago. The places, events, and the people behind it all.

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Episodes (247)

Sunday FROM THE ARCHIVES - Sundown Towns of Chicago with Ernest Crim III
Jan 25th Episode 819 - Frozen in Time: Chicago's Ten Coldest Days
Dec 20, 2025 FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago's Skid Row Flophouse Fires

Chicago History Podcast

Feb 15, 2026
32 minutes
22 MB

Send a text Here's a FROM THE ARCHIVES episode originally released on Feb 18, 2023. Many towns in the Chicago area were established to be all-white, keeping out Blacks, Asians, Jews, Native Americans, and others, allowing minorities to work in those towns but not live there. Those individuals also needed to be gone by sundown. Find all things Ernest Crim III at ernestcrim.com. Signed copies of Mr. Crim's book “The ABC’s of Affirming Black Children" can be found at https://www.ernestcrim.com/shop. Show your support of the...

Chicago History Podcast

FROM THE ARCHIVES - Sundown Towns of Chicago with Ernest Crim III

Chicago History Podcast

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