Minutes of Commission meetings, October 1, 1943-February 20, 1963.

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Minutes of Commission meetings, October 1, 1943-February 20, 1963.

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Minutes of regular and special Commission meetings concern racial conditions in Illinois, especially in schools or black neighborhoods, and discrimination experienced by other minority groups. Nearly all major race incidents in Illinois between 1943 and 1963 were covered by Commission representatives who reported on them at Commission meetings. Other discussions concern Governor's 1949 order banning racial segregation in Illinois National Guard, investigations by Broyles Commission, U.S. Supreme Court cases dealing with racism, urban riots and racial problems during World War II in which Commission became involved. School issues occur frequently in Commission minutes, including segregation patterns of school districts, lack of participation by Black schools in state tournaments, implementation of state law that authorized teaching of Black history in public schools, legislative amendments to strengthen laws that forbade discrimination in public schools and state monies spent to transport children to all-white private schools.

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