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Rogers Park
Rogers Park bears the name of Philip McGregor Rogers, an intrepid and enterprising Irish immigrant who purchased the first tract of land in the area in the 1830s, a time when it was prairie and woodland, populated by Native Americans and white birch trees. As the federal government forced the Native Americans west, European immigrants arrived in greater numbers, forming a ...more
Paperback, 127 pages
Published
January 10th 2007
by Arcadia Publishing (SC)
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Nice to hear the history of the neighborhood, but I believe the last chapter does not reflect reality.
Kind of great to be able to read a history of the neighborhood I'm in and see photos of older folks I know who are still here, from when they were just kids.
There's a lot of attention paid to the role that Rogers Park has played in forms of social change throughout its history - for instance, how the Loyola University men's basketball team challenged segregation in college sports or the ways in which many residents were involved in the civil rights movement generally.
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There's a lot of attention paid to the role that Rogers Park has played in forms of social change throughout its history - for instance, how the Loyola University men's basketball team challenged segregation in college sports or the ways in which many residents were involved in the civil rights movement generally.
I al...more
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