Cabrini Extension Area: Portrait of a Chicago Slum (report), 3–5, 8, 21, 25–26, 28
Cabrini-Green Community Sandlot Tennis Club, 64
Cabrini-Green Corsairs, 48, 66, 69, 99, 227, 287
Cabrini-Green Homes. See also specific residents
admissions policy, 17–18
Byrne’s move into, 99–108, 129–30, 182
Candyman and, 179–83
construction of, 21–23, 46–47
cop killings at, 74–77, 80
Severin and Rizzato, 74–75, 78, 80, 97, 107, 130
crime at, 98–100, 107, 108–9, 307–8
demolition, 231–34, 284–85, 291–92, 297–300, 301
demolition plans, 83, 221, 222, 257
deteriorating conditions at, 80–81
gang violence. See Street gangs
homicides, 98–100, 187–88, 215
murder of Dantrell Davis, 196–201, 202, 204–5, 207, 212
isolation and containment of, 59, 60–61
King assassination riots of 1968, 61–63
lawsuits, 233–34, 250, 284–85, 331–32
maintenance issues, 56, 58, 97, 108, 134, 159, 206–7
media portrayal of, 76–78, 102, 121–22, 124–27, 139, 152–53, 189–90, 249, 295, 298–99
minimum rent requirements, 17–18
naming of, 17, 46
opening of, 5–6, 17–18, 43, 46–47
police presence at, 31, 55, 70, 73–75, 80, 103, 104, 106–7, 123, 164–67, 199, 202, 215
police raids and sweeps, 73, 103, 142–43, 149–51, 154, 204–6, 226, 238, 260
population, 32, 59, 100
privatization proposals, 209, 243
redevelopment, 221–22, 223–26, 230–32, 256–59, 263
redevelopment plans, 131–32, 135–37, 139–40
rent strikes, 134–35, 169
resident-management model, 160–62, 168–72, 234–35, 267–68
Ricks and CHA, 293–94
right of return, 258, 265–66, 269, 276, 333
Romney’s visit to, 79–80
sale of 1230 N. Burling, 266–69
security issues, 97, 103, 158–59
security pilot program, 81–82, 83–84
vacancies, 68, 80–81, 84, 97–98, 100, 202
violence at, 54–55, 68–71, 98–100, 152–53, 178–79, 183, 187–88, 249, 250
welfare program, 65, 76, 137–39, 242–43
Cabrini-Green Little League, 66, 108, 164, 204–5, 212, 216, 226
Cabrini-Green Olympics, 66, 177
“Cabrini Green Rap,” 126–27
Cabrini Homes Extension
ceremonial groundbreaking, 43
construction of, 21–23
Dolores Wilson moves in, 21, 23, 24–28
integration of, 31–34
redevelopment of, 231, 233, 267
self-protection clubs, 41–42
Cabrini rowhouses (Frances Cabrini Rowhouses), 21–22, 30–31, 47, 76, 292, 299–300, 312–13, 318, 323, 331–32, 345
dedication of, 31–32
opening of, 5–6, 17–18
Candyman (movie), 179–83
Cannon, Kelvin
at Cabrini-Green, 124–26, 140–41, 142, 158–59, 238–40, 268, 273–77
early life, 50–53, 55–57, 273, 341–42
tenant council presidency, 274–77, 278, 288
in Gangster Disciples, 87–88, 89, 98, 128–30, 141–43, 238–39, 274, 275
King assassination riots of 1968, 61–62
prison, 129–30, 140–41
relocation to Parkside of Old Town, 288–91
White and Schiller, 63–67, 88–89, 341–43
Cantrell, Demetrius “Sugar Ray Dinke,” 99, 126–27, 235–36
Capone, Al, 124, 156, 203, 215
Caprara, David, 275
Carl Sandburg Village, 60, 62, 64
Carter, Al, 66
Cassiem, Ashraf, 319
Castle Crew, 146, 175, 183–84, 232–33
catch-as-catch-can (game), 52
Catholic Charities, 184, 186
CBS Evening News, 103–4, 198
Central Advisory Council, 259
Central Park Jogger case, 151–52, 182
Central Station, 200–201, 249
Cermak, Anton, 44
CHA (Chicago Housing Authority), 18, 36, 133–34, 148–49, 225
Cabrini Extension Area report, 3–5, 8, 21, 25–26, 28
construction of Cabrini-Green, 21–23
demolition of public housing, 209–10
HUD control of, 232, 253–54, 263
integration of public housing, 30–34, 37–40, 79–80
lawsuits against, 233–34, 250, 284–85, 331–32
maintenance issues, 56, 58, 97, 108, 134
median income of residents, 57–58
mismanagement of, 58–60
“neighborhood composition rule,” 30–31
Operation Clean Sweep, 149–51, 153–54
patronage system and, 38–39
Plan for Transformation, 254–59, 263–66, 269–71, 277–78, 280–81, 289, 301–2, 305, 318
relocations of residents, 68, 145, 223, 233, 255–56, 258, 263–66, 288–96, 304–10
resident-management model, 160–62, 168–70, 267–68
right of return, 258, 265–66, 269, 276, 333
scattered-site housing, 257–58
screening process, 20–21, 26, 33, 57
security pilot program, 81–82, 83–84
site selection, 38–40, 79
Swibel at, 59–60, 107–8
victim assistance program, 312–13
waiting lists, 81, 160, 209, 253, 258, 294, 306, 323, 337
Wood at, 4–5, 17, 30, 31, 33, 38–39, 43, 148
Chavez, Hugo, 271
Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign, 314–17, 319–20, 323–29, 343–44
Chicago Avenue Pumping Station, 47–48
Chicago Bears, 106, 145, 328
Chicago Blackhawks, 242
Chicago Bulls, 64, 106, 175–77, 178, 242, 244, 251
Chicago City Council, 42–43, 103, 132–33, 148, 160–61, 200
Chicago Civic Center, 45
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, 250, 264–65, 268
Chicago Code, The (TV show), 298–99
Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunity, 96–97
Chicago Cubs, 66, 342
Chicago Defender, 9, 19, 31–32, 41, 63, 75–76, 94, 102, 206–7, 209
Chicago Department of Urban Renewal, 60, 136
Chicago Department of Water Management, 47–48, 91, 110, 160, 234–35
ChicagoFest, 132
Chicago Fire of 1871, 3
Chicago Freedom Movement, 53–54
Chicago Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade, 200
Chicago Housing Authority. See CHA
Chicago Hustle, 106
Chicago Lounge, 49
Chicago Police Department
arrest of Hubert Wilson, 18–19
arrest of J. R. Fleming, 259–62, 317
killing of officers, 74–77, 80
Severin and Rizzato, 74–75, 78, 80, 97, 107, 130
Martin and Davis on force, 164–67, 216, 272, 309–10
police abuses, 18–19, 70, 131–32, 204, 242, 306
presence at Cabrini-Green, 31, 55, 70, 73–75, 80, 103, 104, 106–7, 123, 164–67, 199, 202, 215
public housing raids, 73, 103, 142–43, 149–51, 154, 198–99, 205–6, 226, 238, 260
Chicago race riot of 1919, 72–73, 314
Chicago River, 6, 13–14, 32, 120
Chicago Sun-Times, 14, 77, 101, 103, 197–98, 201
Chicago Tribune, 77, 136–37, 153–54, 198, 208, 209, 215–16, 249, 295, 332, 344
Chicago Urban League, 139
Chicago White Sox, 106, 148, 200, 294, 302, 303
“Chicago 21” (plan), 131–32, 135–36, 139–40, 201
Chico and the Man (TV show), 77
“Children’s Cities,” 55
CIA (Centr
al Intelligence Agency), 144
Civil rights, 53–54
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 79, 234
Clark, Joe Louis, 153
Clark, Mark, 73
Clinton, Bill, 208, 216, 222–23, 241–44, 256
Coalition to Protect Public Housing, 250–52, 257–59, 262–63, 267, 269, 288
Coalition to Stop Chicago 21, 131–32
Cobra Stones, 68–69, 70, 75, 86, 104–5, 106, 130, 155, 166, 175, 204, 211
Cochran Gardens (St. Louis), 169–72
Cold War, 76
Coleman, Slim, 106
Colors (movie), 191
Commerce Department, U.S, 34
Commonwealth Edison, 187
Community Development Block Grant, 234
Community Renewal Society, 250, 264
Concerned Tenants of Cabrini Green Homes, 139–40
Connery, Sean, 202–3
Conservative Vice Lords, 71–72
Cook County Board of Commissioners, 66
Cook County Democratic Central Committee, 42–43
Cook County Hospital, 10, 52, 118
Cook County Jail, 98, 129, 287
Cooley High (movie), 77, 121, 125, 191, 203
Cooley High School, 54–55, 62–63, 84, 102, 125, 128
Corsairs, 48, 66, 69, 99, 227, 287
Costas, Bob, 329
Coyle, Daniel, 205
“crack babies,” 151
crack cocaine, 151–53, 166, 174–75, 197
Crate and Barrel, 331
crime, 98–100, 107, 108–9, 307–8. See also Homicides
Cronkite, Walter, 103–4
Croston, Robert, 335
Cuomo, Andrew, 257
CVL Inc., 72, 73–74
Dahmer, Jeffrey, 235
Daley, Richard J., 135, 201, 242
background of, 43–44
death of, 95–96
“Freedom Day” protest, 54
mayoralty of, 42–43, 44–46, 96–97, 342
patronage system, 44–45, 200
public housing and, 42–43, 45–46, 79–80, 81
race riots of 1919, 72–73, 314
Daley, Richard M., 42, 133
Cabrini-Green and, 232, 233, 249–50, 273–74
street gangs, 202–3, 212–13, 215–16
CHA control and, 253–54
failed Olympic bid, 317, 321–22
killing of Dantrell Davis and, 199–200, 201–3
mayoralty of, 199–203, 206, 253–59, 321–22
parking meter leasing, 321–22
police torture reports, 204, 287
public housing strategy, 254–59
Damon, Matt, 319
Dann, Laurie, 227–28
Dan Ryan Expressway, 46, 76, 149, 294
Dantrell Davis Way, 218
Davis, Dantrell “Danny,” 193–201
funeral service of, 204–5
memorial dedications to, 208–9
murder of, 196–201, 202, 204–5, 207, 212
Davis, Eric “21,” 164–67, 216, 309–10
Davis, Kelvin, 192–93
death of, 195–96
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 72
Dearborn Homes, 46, 287
Dolores Wilson relocation to, 304–6
Death and Life of Great American Cities, The (Jacobs), 81, 209
Death Corner, 16, 17, 69, 330
Defensible Space (Newman), 81, 107–8
Democratic National Convention (1968), 73
Democratic National Convention (1996), 241–44
Democratic Organization of Cook County, 200
Dennis, Rodnell, 162–65, 197
desegregation, 79–80, 258
“deserving poor,” 35
Detroit Pistons, 175
Deuces, the, 69–70
Deutsche Bank, 324
Dick the Bruiser (William Fritz Afflis), 178
Digital Underground, 147
DiIulio, John, 152–53
Division Street, 70–71
Dixon Prison, 93
Dole, Bob, 243
Dolores Wilson. See Wilson, Dolores
Dolton, 145–47, 155
Donna (mother of J. R. Fleming’s children), 173, 174, 246–47, 302, 310–11
Dorothy Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority, 79, 258
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 92
Drexler, Clyde, 166
drugs, 71, 82, 124, 128–29, 149–50, 151–53, 174–75, 211. See also Crack cocaine
Dunne, George, 66, 88, 177, 240, 342
Durso Park, 147, 178
DuSable, Jean Baptiste Point, 343
earned income tax credits, 138
Edwards, Laquanda, 190, 197, 211
Edwards, LueElla, 188–89, 190
Electric Force Band, 98–99, 126, 228
Emanuel, Ari, 321
Emanuel, Ezekiel, 321
Emanuel, Rahm, 306, 320–23, 327, 334, 344
Empowerment Network, 274–75
“empowerment training,” 169
Englewood, 76, 111
Epton, Bernard, 133
Escape from New York (movie), 102
Evergreen Terrace, 166, 292, 333–34
Evers, Medgar, 105
Eye on America (TV show), 189–90
Facebook, 302, 334
Fair Housing Act of 1968, 234
Fannie Mae, 316–17
Farrakhan, Louis, 216
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (movie), 190
FBI, The (TV show), 117
Federal Housing Administration (FHA), 16–17, 36
Felton, Anthony, 164, 197
Fernwood Homes, 38
Field, Jim, 264–65
Field, Marshall, III, 34
Financial crisis of 2008, 280–83, 308, 316–17, 319–20
Fired Up! (documentary), 231
Fleming, Willie “J. R.”, 144–47, 240–48
in Alabama, 173–74
arrest of, 259–62, 317
Brother Jim and, 188, 189, 190–91, 244, 261, 343
at Cabrini-Green, 154–56, 173, 175–75, 187–91
children and family life, 246–47, 248, 345
drug dealing, 174–75
guerrilla activism of, 314–20, 323–29, 334, 343–46
Iesha and, 247–48, 260–61, 271
music recording, 260, 262
peddling business, 175–77, 244–46, 259–60, 269
political activism of, 240–44, 262–64, 266, 269–72, 314–20
Veronica McIntosh’s abduction, 167–68
Fogarty, Jim “Brother Jim,” 189, 190–91, 244, 261, 343, 345
food stamps, 35, 344
Ford Foundation, 72
foreclosures, 281, 288, 308, 315, 316–17, 319–20
Fort, Jeff, 71–72, 84–85, 203–4, 217
“For Your Precious Love,” 34
Fountainhead, The (Rand), 35, 209
Fourteenth Amendment, 79
Frances Cabrini Homes. See Cabrini-Green Homes
Frances Cabrini Rowhouses, 21–22, 30–31, 47, 76, 292, 299–300, 312–13, 318, 323, 331–32, 345
dedication of, 31–32
opening of, 5–6, 17–18
Francis of Assisi, Saint, 186
Franklin, John Hope, 41
Frank O. Lowden Homes, 314
Freddie Mac, 316–17
“Freedom Day” protest, 54
Freeman, Annette, 193–94, 217
Dantrell Davis and, 192–97, 203, 204–5, 217–18
Freeman, Janice, 192, 203
Freeman, Jerome “King Shorty,” 203–4, 205, 214, 285–86
Freeman, Morgan, 153
Free Street Theatre, 122
Friedrich von Schiller School, 63–64, 66–67, 88–89, 177, 210, 248
Fuerst, J. S., 25–26, 31
Gandhi, Mahatma, 262, 330
Gangster Disciples, 69, 166, 195–96, 203–4, 211
Bo John and, 87–88,
89, 98–99
fight for succession, 98–99
gang truce, 214–217
Kelvin Cannon in, 87–88, 89, 98, 128–30, 141–42, 238–39, 274, 275
merging of gangs, 71
police raids, 73
Rodnell Dennis shooting, 162–65, 166
garden gnomes, 283
Garrett, Anthony, 199, 204–5
Gates, Daryl, 201
Gates, William, 289–90
Gautreaux, Dorothy, 79, 258
General Services Administration (GSA), 256
German immigrants, 14
Giambastiani, Luigi, 17, 29–30, 31, 330
Gilkey, Bertha, 169–72, 224, 234, 239, 268–69
Girl X assault, 249, 250
Glass, Phillip, 181
Gold Coast, 14–15, 76, 131, 273
Gold Coast and the Slum, The (Zorbaugh), 15, 335
Goldman Sachs, 319
Gompers, Samuel, 46–47
Good Times (TV show), 77, 121, 124–25, 230, 303
Gore, Bobby, 72, 73–74
Grant Park, 12, 132, 251
Great Depression, 10, 12, 36
Great Fire of 1871, 3
Great Migration, 72–73
Great Society, 137
Green, William, 46–47
Green Homes, 46–47, 50, 57, 65, 299. See also Cabrini-Green Homes
Greg “G-Ball,” 146, 155, 156, 175, 183–84
Hamburg Athletic Club, 43, 72, 73
Hammond, Kenneth, 285–86, 294
Hampton, Fred, 73
Happy Days (TV show), 155
Hardball: A Season in the Projects (Coyle), 205
Hardscrabble, 43
Harold Ickes Homes, 46, 188
Harris, Emma, 317
Harris Bank, 317
Harrison High School, 292
Harvard University, 335
Heart of Uptown Coalition, 106
Heaven Is a Playground (movie), 175
Henderson, Shirley, 316
Henry Horner Homes, 119, 144, 185–86, 207, 226, 233, 242, 254
Hilliard Homes, 46, 145
Hip Hop Congress, 262
Hip-Hop Holidays for the Homeless, 262
“Hip Hop Hooray,” 228
Hirsch, Arnold, 40
Holsten, Peter, 274, 276–79, 280–81, 286, 289
Holy Family Lutheran Church, 40, 48, 91–92, 159, 221, 236, 304, 332
homelessness, 68, 118–21, 160, 209, 262, 264–65
home mortgages, 20, 36–37, 281, 282, 283, 308
foreclosures, 281, 288, 308, 315, 316–17, 319–20
home ownership, 20, 29–30, 31, 35, 36–37
homicides, 15–16, 98–100, 151–53, 163–64, 187–88, 201
murder of Dantrell Davis, 196–201, 202, 204–5, 207, 212
murder of Michael Wilson, 235–37
murder of Officers Severin and Rizzato, 74–75, 78, 80, 97, 107, 130
Hoop Dreams (documentary), 289–90
Hoover, Larry, 203–4, 213–14, 217
HOPE VI, 222–23, 231, 234, 254, 256–57, 274
horror movies, 179–81