The story
The birthplace of Black History Month, where Carter G. Woodson founded the organization that transformed how America remembers its past.
Everything that was here
- 1913–1969
Wabash Avenue YMCACommunity Center
The birthplace of Black History Month, where Carter G. Woodson founded the organization that transformed how America remembers its past.
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Heinie Jacobs' Saloonsaloon, crime-scene
Site where Al Capone personally shot and killed freelance hijacker Joe Howard in May 1924. Howard had assaulted Outfit accountant Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik. At inquest, witnesses had 'mysterious ailments.' Rare…
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Nearby history
The Four Deuces
2222 S. Wabash Avenue · 56 m away
Metropole Hotel
2300 S. Michigan Avenue · 116 m away
Colosimo's Cafe
2126 S. Wabash Avenue · 211 m away
Lexington Hotel
2135 S. Michigan Avenue · 261 m away
Everleigh Club
2131 South Dearborn Street · 468 m away
Seven Treasures
2312 S. Wentworth Ave. · 497 m away
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