Citibank Chicago Branches
“… the definitive history not only of the Chicago National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) but of the city’s black middle class as well.” — Journal of American History
“… a candid portrait of the Chicago branch of the NAACP, one of the association’s most crucial chapters…. It likewise offers a revealing window onto a half-century of race relations in Chicago.” — Chicago Tribune
Evolving through six decades of white resistance, black indifference and internal group struggle, the Chicago NAACP was affected both adversely and in a positive manner by two world wars, national depression, the Cold War conflict and growing class differentiation amid African Americans.
