Urban Renewal or Urban Removal? A Grassroots Look a Chicago's Land Grabs and the Struggle for Home and Community

A Grassroots Look at Chicago's Land Grabs and the Struggle for Home and Community WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN URUR?: (Gr. 8 to Grad Level) *In-depth chronological coverage of the Chicago area from the 1700s to 2012 *Six main parts, including the Community Appendix *10+ primary sources such as official letters, organizing pamphlets, leaflets, brochures, and more *Historical analysis of Chicago's land, housing, and development patterns including public housing *Multicultural-based histories of working and lower-income communities and people of color *Contributions from local community (s)heroes in various struggles for dignity and justice. *Original and historic photographs, artwork, maps, charts, and other visuals *Excerpts from interviews, articles, studies, summaries, speeches, papers, poetry, lyrics and others *FREE mixed hiphop music CD (the URUR Mixtape)