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Balk, Alfred, 1930-2010

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1930 - 2010

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred Balk papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Balk
Abstract Papers of Iowa-born and Northwestern-educated journalist Alfred Balk, documenting his career, first as a Chicago newswriter for WBBM, reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times and freelance contributor to major national magazines, and later as an editor at the Columbia Journalism Review, World Press Review, Saturday Review, and IEEE Spectrum, and faculty member at Columbia and Syracuse. Includes correspondence, working files for his freelance articles, his books and other writings, together with...
Dates: 1941-2010; Majority of material found within 1953-1993

Mark J. Satter papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Satter
Abstract

Papers of Chicago lawyer and civil rights activist Mark J. Satter, documenting his crusade against wage garnishment, his writings against public aid and for a new Works Progress Administration to provide jobs for the under and unemployed, and his battle against redlining and the predatory real estate practice of contract selling. Includes correspondence, clippings, articles and essays, speeches, research notes, audiovisual materials, photographs, and personal items.

Dates: 1931-1965; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1965

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African Americans -- Housing -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions 1
Civil rights -- United States 1
Civil rights -- United States -- Cases 1
Discrimination in housing -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1