What the World’s Columbian Exposition Meant for African Americans and the Role that Commerce Played in the Development of the City of Chicago
The World’s Columbian Exposition, which was a fair in 1893 that commemorated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America, meant much for Chicagoans since it would allow the city to gain much needed revenue for the city which had endured a fire more than two decades ago in 1871. In addition, the fair promised Chicago the exposure that it needed to place much of the aspects of ...