chicago (ill.)

A highly personal meditation on race, sex, and American culture traces the author's upbringing and education in upper-class African-American circles against a backdrop of the Civil Rights era and its contradictory aftermath.

While spreading flames threaten to cut off all possibility of escape from the Chicago fire of 1871, twelve-year-old Nate attempts to save a wealthy young girl and to return home safely.

Chronicles Chicago architecture from the nineteenth through early twenty-first centuries, and examines the evolution of the skyscraper, sculptures and signature works, and more.

A guide to the architecture of Chicago that describes some of the city's most important projects, most famous buildings, and the men and women who designed them.

Describes the neighborhood-based social life of the African-American middle class, based on a study of Chicago's Groveland community, looking at how racial segregation, changing economic structures, and poverty affect the residential experience of African-American middle class families, and especially youth.

While spreading flames threaten to cut off all possibility of escape from the Chicago fire of 1871, twelve-year-old Nate attempts to save a wealthy young girl and to return home safely.

Chronicles the best of Chicago's lost architectural heritage. Includes vanished mansions, hotels, office buildings, trains, movie palaces, and department stores.

Presents the original screenplay written by Lorraine Hansberry for the 1961 film version of her play about the tensions of a middle-class African-American family living on Chicago's southside in the 1950s; restoring parts that were edited out and rewritten before the movie was made.

Gregory Michie recounts the teaching experiences that have most affected his life.

Contains photographs and essays that examine the work of African-American artists held by the Art Institute of Chicago, and includes discussion of several works in which African-Americans are the subject.