Cover of A House for the Struggle: The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago, with Chicago buildings on city street

A House for the Struggle

The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago

E. James West

University of Illinois Press

2022

Developmental editing

AWARDS

  • Winner, Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award
  • Winner, Outstanding Book on the History of Chicago Award, presented by the Union League Club of Chicago
  • Winner, Superior Achievement, Best of Illinois History, Illinois State Historical Society Awards
  • Winner, Michael Nelson Prize, presented by the International Association for Media and History
  • Winner, Book of the Year, presented by the American Journalism Historians Association
  • Winner, Book Prize, presented by the British Association for American Studies
  • Winner, Brinck Book Award and Lecture series, presented by the University of New Mexico School of Architecture + Planning
  • Honorable Mention, RSAP Book Prize, presented by the Research Society for American Periodicals

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